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Listen: The Latin ProgramWorker screening dirt for signs of Hernando de Soto's 1539 winter encampment - Tallahassee, Florida
Image Number
RC13649
Photographer
Coale, Phil.
Date
1987-04-23
Date Note
Photographed on April 23, 1987.
Rights
Collection
Reference collection
Subject Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 10 x 8 in.
General Note
State archaeologists, led by Calvin Jones, found pig bones, pottery, coins, Spanish chain mail and beads that identified the site where Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his army spent the winter of 1539. To date, this was the only verified site for the entire de Soto expedition. The state purchased the site in 1988.
Worker screening dirt for signs of Hernando de Soto's 1539 winter encampment - Tallahassee, Florida
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