Congrats John. It should be interesting to read more as the story develops.
I can,t imagine you will have many skeptics in New Mexico. That style of wrought iron nail is the tell tale sign archaeologists in our region use to identify sites with 16th century components (primarily associated with Coronado).
Matt
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Worth [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 12:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: major discovery?
OK, the cat's finally out of the bag. We have indeed found the 1559-1561
Tristan de Luna settlement on Pensacola Bay.
Here's the promised link to the official site with lots of information:
http://www.uwf.edu/luna
And here's the first major newspaper story from the Pensacola News Journal:
http://www.pnj.com/longform/news/2015/12/17/we-found-lunas-colony/77449884/
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John E. Worth, Ph.D.
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University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Brian Mabelitini <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Is it the Luna settlement?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Dec 16, 2015, at 5:50 PM, John Worth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Tim and Geoff,
> > Just so we're not confusing issues here in this thread, the UWF
> > announcement tomorrrow has absolutely nothing to do with aliens, Ponce de
> > León, or the San José. Our announcement relates to Pensacola and a
> > newly-identified terrestrial site of considerable archaeological import,
> > and I can assure you all that it is wholly professional and legitimate.
> >
> > Please just keep an eye out, and I'll try and post a link here on this
> > listserv as soon as I can tomorrow.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John
> > --
> > John E. Worth, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
> > University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
> > Phone: (850) 857-6204 Fax: (850) 857-6278 Email: [log in to unmask]
> > Home Page: http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/index.htm
> > Field School Blog: http://pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com/
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Timothy K. Perttula <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> This is nothing but bad archaeological "journalism."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 000000106842a59d-dmarc-request <
> >> [log in to unmask]>
> >> To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Wed, Dec 16, 2015 1:52 pm
> >> Subject: Re: major discovery?
> >>
> >> The first thing to come to mind is the Dec. 4 announcement of the
> >> "discovery" of the wreck of the San José, but that was not anywhere near
> >> Florida.
> >>
> >>
> >> Bob Hoover
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Timothy Scarlett <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Wed, Dec 16, 2015 11:18 am
> >> Subject: major discovery?
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> The University of West Florida has scheduled a press conference to
> >> announce a “major archaeological discovery” related to “the history of
> >> Pensacola.” Tomorrow at 10 am.
> >>
> >> Any of our Florida colleagues want to give a clue?
> >>
> >> Will there be a hashtag???
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://pulsegulfcoast.com/2015/12/uwf-to-announce-major-archaeological-discovery-in-pensacola
> >> <
> >>
> http://pulsegulfcoast.com/2015/12/uwf-to-announce-major-archaeological-discovery-in-pensacola
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > John E. Worth, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
> > University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
> > Phone: (850) 857-6204 Fax: (850) 857-6278 Email: [log in to unmask]
> > Home Page: http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/index.htm
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> > <http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement>
> > <http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement>
>
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John E. Worth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 857-6204 Fax: (850) 857-6278 Email: [log in to unmask]
Home Page: http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/index.htm
Field School Blog: http://pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com/
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