In 2021 the University of West Alabama (UWA) publicly announced that:
We are now certain that we have the province of Mabila … While the exact site of the battle still hasn’t been located…it probably happened within a few miles of the territory … (Alabama Newscenter Nov. 14, 2021).
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 and revisited in1947. The University of West Florida (UWF) stated that the 1559 Spanish Colony led by Tristan de Luna was located at the same site. UWF began excavations there in 2015.
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 Article Related Research Works Download PDF Version For thousands of years Native cultures of the eastern portion of the current United States buried their dead in earthen mounds. When the…
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 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…
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 Battle of Chicaza: The Winter Death Camp of the Soto Army by Caleb Curren Contact Archeology Inc. Article References and Related Works Download PDF Version ArcheologyInk.com: an Online Journal, November 2017. The Story The Chicaza Native warriors attacked at night. The Spaniards were asleep and their sentinels, few in number, were lax in their duties.…
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 Version Introduction The largest battle ever fought between Europeans and Native peoples happened at a small town named Mabila. A Spanish army led by Hernando de Soto fought a Native…
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) has claimed the discovery of the 1559 Luna Colony location at the Emanuel Point Site (8Es1) on Pensacola Bay. They may be right but if they are it is not…