Mapping the De Soto Route Through South Alabama; In the Chroniclers Own Words
One of the most long-lived archeological mysteries in all of the Americas has yet to be resolved. Researchers have been trying to solve the mystery of the location of the battle site of Mabila for well over a hundred years. The Native town of Mabila was the site of a major 1540 battle fought between the Spanish army led by Hernando de Soto and Native Mississippian Period warriors. The site is a key to defining the geographic extent of the Mabila Chiefdom based on Native artifacts in association with Spanish artifacts in the context of the known date of the battle, October 18, 1540.