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Dedie Snow <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Wow, fantastic--we in New Mexico applaud you!!

Dedie Snow

-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Worth
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/

​--
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 4:52 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
> > Field School Blog: http://pensacolacolonialfrontiers.blogspot.com/
> > <http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement>
> > <http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement>
>



--
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/
<http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement>
<http://www.uwf.edu/jworth/teaching.htm#Advisement>

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