The Joy and Perils of Historical Research: A Short Story of Searching Out the 1559 Luna Expedition to la Florida by David B. Dodson April 2021 Article Download PDF Version In the many decades that I have been searching out the truths and details of the Don Tristán de Luna Expedition to la Florida, it…
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 first mission of a newspaper is to tell the truth as nearly as the truth may be ascertained. The Washington Post. Archaeology is not what you find, it’s what…
The “Well Dressed” Colonist on the 1559 Luna Expedition by David B. Dodson October 2020 Article Main References Download PDF Version People of the past were not that different from the peoples today when it comes to their personal wardrobe and public appearance. The proverb that how a person dresses is indicative of one’s wealth…
Comparisons of Two 16th-Century Spanish Anchorages on the Northern Gulf Coast Contact Archeology Inc. (CAI) November 2020 by: Caleb Curren (Editorial Board: David Dodson, Pamela Corey, Jerry Gill) Article Related Documents Download PDF Version Abstract This article compares the anchorages of two Spanish fleets that were wrecked by storms during the 1500s on the northern…
Sally’s Barges and the 1559 Spanish Luna Fleet by: William Merrill P.E. Merrill Engineering, Inc. Pensacola, FL 2020 Article Related Documents Download PDF Version Abstract The goal of this article is to shed light on the question of the location of the anchorage and location of the shipwrecks of the 1559 Luna Fleet and Colony…
A Peer Review of the University of West Florida’s Luna Expedition Project—2015-2020 by David B. Dodson July 2020 Article Download PDF Version In 2015, when the University of West Florida claimed to have found the site of the 1559 Luna Settlement in Pensacola, I was skeptical mainly because the site 8ES1 on the East Pensacola…
The 1559 Luna Colony: Two Hypotheses by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. Article Download PDF Version by: Caleb Curren July 2020 The Spanish Expedition led by Tristan de Luna in 1559 landed somewhere on Pensacola Bay. In 2015 the University of West Florida (UWF) claimed that they had found the colony site at the…
The 1559 Spanish Luna Colony: A Questionable Claim of Its Discovery. by Caleb Curren and David Dodson Contact Archeology Inc. (CAI) June 2020 Article About the Authors Download PDF Version The University of West Florida (UWF) claims that they have found the archeological remains of the first multi-year European colony in the current United States…
Luna Shipwrecks and the UWF Luna Colony Claim Contact Archeology Inc. Feb. 2020 Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version Recently John Worth of the University of West Florida (UWF) posted an article on his faculty homepage. He stated that: “The discoveries made at the site of the Luna settlement signify that the two…
The Alleged Luna Colony: A New UWF Grant Proposal by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. December 2019 Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version The University of West Florida (UWF) claims that they have identified the archeological site of the 1559 Spanish Luna Colony at a site on Pensacola Bay known as the East…