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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Feeding Luna’s Colonization Effort at the Bay Of Ochuse
University of West Florida Libraries
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2026
Abstract
Food is a requirement for survival. Animal protein, while not absolutely essential forhumans, has none-the-less been a major source of nutrition across time, space, and cultures. For the Spanish of the 15th and 16th centuries, meats were part and parcel of maintaining good health. Yet, when the Spanish Christians arrived in the New World on the heels of Columbus’ forays to attempt to reach India, they were faced with an issue of Imperial importance: meat sources abundant in Europe were often unavailable during the process of establishing new colonies so far from home. Over decades of colonization, these Christians were forced to reckon with their own ideas of health versus the possibility of starvation in a new place. Although this thesis will have a heavy focus on an archaeological sample of faunal remains recovered from Tristán de Luna’s 1559-1561 failed colony overlooking Pensacola Bay, this research aims to incorporate the Luna assemblage into the wider picture of dietary adaptation during Spain’s conquest of the New
World.
Details
- Title
- Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Contributors
- John Worth (Committee Chair)Erin Stone (Committee Member)Cathy Parker (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 104
- 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
- 99381761451206600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Anthropology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida