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Conference paper
Exploring mission life in 18th-century West Florida: 2011 excavations at San Joseph de Escambe
Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology (Baltimore, Maryland, 01/2012)
01/06/2012
Abstract
In 2011, University of West Florida terrestrial field school students participated in a third consecutive year of excavations at Mission San Joseph de Escambe, located north of modern Pensacola between 1741 and 1761. Inhabited by Apalachee Indians and a small number of Franciscan friars and married Spanish soldiers, as well as a Spanish cavalry garrison late in the mission's history, the site's pristine archaeological deposits are gradually revealing details about mission life along this northernmost frontier of 18th-century West Florida. Ongoing block excavations have continued to expose a complex assemblage of architectural features separated by both vertical and horizontal stratigraphy, including several overlapping wall-trench structures capped with what seems to be a clay floor, and a large structure believed to be the cavalry barracks. Artifacts ranging from a predominantly Apalachee ceramic assemblage to an assortment of European trade goods continue to refine our understanding of this important site.
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- Title
- Exploring mission life in 18th-century West Florida
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Conference
- Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology (Baltimore, Maryland, 01/2012)
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090320406600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Language
- English