Event Details
Monday, Jan 1, 2018
Free Lecture: 1559 Luna Settlement on Pensacola Bay
Time: 6:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Mission San Luis, 2100 W. Tennessee St.
Description: Mission San Luis and the Panhandle Archaeological Society at Tallahassee - PAST are pleased to present the principal archaeological site investigator for the Tristán de Luna settlement, Dr. John Worth, who will provide an update on current research. Meet Dr. John Worth at the wine & cheese reception at 6 pm. His presentation starts at 6:30 pm.
In 1992, the discovery of the Emanuel Point I shipwreck in Pensacola Bay marked the first direct archaeological trace of the 1559-1561 colonial expedition of don Tristán de Luna y Arellano to Florida, the landing site of which had long been suspected to be somewhere on Pensacola Bay. In 2006, further survey by the University of West Florida resulted in the discovery of the Emanuel Point II wreck just four hundred meters away. And in 2015, the discovery of the Luna settlement site itself less than a kilometer away on the terrace overlooking both wrecks led to further archaeological survey and testing in 2016 and 2017, including two summer field schools at the 13-hectare site, along with the discovery of the Emanuel Point III wreck even closer to the shore.
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