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Listen: The Blues ProgramHernando De Soto's 1539 winter encampment site dig in Tallahassee.
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Identified standing in the unit is Sam Chapman and spraying the profile wall with water to prepare for mapping is Charles Ewen. State archaeologists, led by Calvin Jones, found pig bones, pottery, coins, Spanish chain mail and beads that identified the site where Hernando DeSoto and his army spent the winter of 1539. To date, this was the only verified site for the entire DeSoto expedition. Later, the site became a state park after the state purchased the site in 1988.
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