The Illness of Don Tristan de Luna: Leader of the First Settlements in Florida by: Caleb Curren and David Dodson November 2018 (excerpt from a more extensive study) Article Download PDF Version One of the main factors in the problems experienced by the 1559 Luna Settlement Expedition to Pensacola Bay and southwest Alabama concerned episodes…
The Native Tome: Another Clue to the Location of The Luna Settlement of the Holy Cross (1560) and the Soto Battle Site of Mabila (1540) in S.W. Alabama by Caleb Curren October 2018 Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version The first European contact made with the Tome (toe-may) occurred in the summer of…
A Queen’s Pearl from the Lower Alabama River? by Caleb Curren October 2018 (an update from a 2016 Archeology Ink. Journal article: Archeologyink.com) Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version A treasure trove was discovered in the current southeastern United States by a Spanish expedition led by Hernando de Soto in May of 1540. The…
Unaccounted Participants on the 1559 Luna Expedition to la Florida: Mexican Indians Serving the Dominican Frays Article In the records of the Luna expedition—lacking an official muster roll—it is generally written that there were around 1,500 total participants. This would include about 500 soldiers and approximately 1,000 settlers. However, these numbers are unclear if the…
The First Latrines and Privies: Time Capsules for the 1559 Luna Settlement on Pensacola Bay by David B. Dodson June 2018 Contact Archeology Inc. Article Download PDF Version This succinct article points out the potential of finding latrines and privies related to the Luna Expedition of 1559 on Pensacola Bay. These archeological features could well…
by David B. Dodson June 2018 Horses were a very valuable resource, if not the most important instrument in the Spanish conquest in the hinterlands of the New World. It was generally said that one horse soldier was worth more than two foot soldiers (Priestley, 1928, Padilla, 1596); for without the horse, the early Spanish…
Ham Bones: Marker Artifacts for the 1559 Luna Expedition Settlement at Pensacola Bay (And, Why Were No Live Pigs Ever Sent?) by David B. Dodson Contact Archeology Inc. March 2018 Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version Abstract The Spanish financial documents related to the 1559 Luna Expedition delineate the amounts of various foodstuff…
Mabila: The Largest Battle Ever Fought Between Europeans and Natives on American Soil by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. March 2018 Article Download PDF Version It was October of 1540. The first large European army ever to set foot in the interior of the current United States marched into southwest Alabama. The Spanish army had…
The Shipwrecks of the Luna Fleet in Pensacola Bay by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. Feb. 2018 Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version Archeologist Roger Smith was on a mission. He wanted to find the hurricane-wrecked shipwrecks of the 16th-Century Spanish expedition led by Tristan de Luna located in Pensacola Bay, Florida. Other…
Sex Associated with the 1559 Luna Expedition By David B. Dodson December 2017 Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version The Spaniards on the 1559 Luna Expedition had some basic human needs: water, food, shelter… and sex. At times, priority of these needs was inter-changeable. This article speaks to unmarried sex and illicit living…