The Battle Site of Mabila is Not in West Alabama
In 2021 the University of West Alabama (UWA) publicly announced that: We are now certain that we have the province of Mabila … While the…
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Aztec or Native? The Mystery of the Red Pottery at the Alleged 1559 Luna Colony Site
The East Pensacola Heights site (8Es1) on Pensacola Bay was reported as a Native village with two burial mounds by the Smithsonian Institution in 1882…
The Native Burial Mounds on Emanuel Point, The Alleged Location of the 1559 Luna Settlement Site
The Native Burial Mounds on Emanuel Point, Florida: The Alleged Location of the 1559 Don Tristan de Luna Settlement by Caleb Curren, CAI July, 2021…
Archeological Data Indicates that the University of West Florida’s “Luna Colony” is Actually a Native Village
Archeological Data Indicates that the University of West Florida’s “Luna Colony” is Actually a Native Village by Caleb Curren April 2021 Article Download PDF Version…
The Native Tome
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)…
A Queen’s Pearl from the Lower Alabama River?
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…
Mabila: The Largest Battle Ever Fought Between Europeans and Natives on American Soil
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…
The Battle of Chicaza: The Winter Death Camp of the Soto Army
The Battle of Chicaza: The Winter Death Camp of the Soto Army by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. Article References and Related Works Download PDF…
The Battle of Mabila: Recent Archeological Testing in the “Forks”
The Battle of Mabila: Recent Archeological Testing in the “Forks“ by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. November 2017 Article References and Related Works Download PDF…
UWF Luna Colony Discovery or Mistaken Identity?
UWF Luna Colony Discovery or Mistaken Identity? by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. October 2017 Article Download PDF Version The University of West Florida (UWF)…
Archeological Excavations at an Early Mississippian Mound in Central Alabama
It was hypothesized in the early 1980s that a recently reported aboriginal mound and village site (1Ds72) in Dallas County, Alabama, might be a contact…
Prehistoric Period Site in Central Alabama |Site: 1Wx169
We were searching for 16th century Spanish Contact sites in central Alabama.
Bone and Shell Objects, of the Prehistoric Natives of Alabama
Shells and bones… something we pick up today on the seashore or in a streambed.. We take them home and put them on a coffee…
Pine Log, an Extraordinary Spanish/Native Contact Site
The Pine Log Creek Site is unique and one of the most important Spanish Contact sites in the southeastern United States. The site was looted by…
King Site Spanish Sword
An extraordinary artifact was found in a plowed field in a late Mississippian site (the King Site) in NW Georgia. It proved to be a Spanish…
Paleo People in Alabama
The people who lived in the late Pleistocene (circa 10-20,000 years ago) in the deep South of the current USA have always been a bit…
Cherokee County, Alabama | Site 1Ce308
1Ce308 is a very important Native / Spanish contact site in Cherokee County in northeast Alabama. Although the site is multicomponent, the European contact portion of…
Innerarity Point: Mississippian Period Sites
Two very important archeological sites (Magnolia Ridge and Hickory Ridge) are located on a large peninsula extending into Perdido Bay in northwest Florida. Three phases of research have…
Catfish Point
The Catfish Point Site is a prehistoric site located on an eroding, low terrace along the east shore of Perdido Bay. Phase I investigations consisted of…
Native/Spanish Contact Site on the Alabama Coast | Site 1Ba1
1Ba1 is one of the most important sites on the northern Gulf Coast relative to early Spanish contacts with Native populations during the 1500s. It is…
Creeks by the Sea
Archeology of a Historic Indian Village on Pensacola Bay. A total of 716 historic aboriginal ceramic artifacts were recovered from the Fairpoint Site during Phase…
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama | Site 1Tu93/5
In 1931 the University of Alabama Museum of Natural History excavated at 1Tu93/5. During road construction, 19 burials were found at the site ( bundle 3;…
Wiggins Site |Site 1Tu42/43
In 1905, C.B. Moore investigated various archeological sites along the Warrior River in west-central Alabama, one of which was known as the “mound near R.H. Foster Landing.” According…
Haysop Creek Site | Site 1Bb15
This Bibb County, Alabama site was first reported in 1979 by a local person. It is located in the Cahaba River drainage in an area of approximately…
Warrior River Drainage Site | 1Ha19
Site 1Ha19 is a Protohistoric Period village site in the Warrior River drainage of central Alabama. Based on radiocarbon dates and ceramics, the site was…
Warrior River Valley of Alabama | Site 1Tu4
Site 1Tu4 is a large Protohistoric Period site on the Warrior River in central Alabama. Based on radiocarbon dates and ceramics, the site was primarily occupied during…
First Contact Spanish Artifacts
The following pages contain photographs of a sample of 16th Century Spanish artifacts from Alabama and NW Florida.It is a collection of objects from museums,…
Meigs’ Pasture Site | Site 8OK102
A rare prehistoric site was excavated during the late 20th century in NW Florida.
Rolling Hills, an Important Spanish Contact Site
During the latter half of the 20th century an important late Mississippian /Protohistoric site (circa mid-1500s through 1600s) was discovered in east-central Mississippi.
A Search for Ice Age Animals and Humans in Alabama
Several important archaeological research projects concerning animal and human remains from the late Pleistocene, Paleo Indian Period were conducted during the late 20th Century under…