Dear Colleagues,
I have received a request from an advocational archaeologist, Loren Blalock,
concerning the age and authenticity of artifacts that he claims are linked
to de Soto's expedition in Missouri and Kentucky. Can anyone help in
identifying these artifacts as 1) Spanish in origin and 2) possibly linked
to de Soto's expedition? Mr. Blalock has provided a website with the
artifacts in question at www.conquestchannel.com/blalock
<http://www.conquestchannel.com/blalock> and he can be reached
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Thanks for your help,
Tim Baumann, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology
University of Missouri-St. Louis