Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions

Title

Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century a.d. Spanish Expeditions

Creator

Charles R. Cobb See all items with this value

Dennis B. Blanton See all items with this value

Edmond A. Boudreaux, III See all items with this value

Chester DePratter See all items with this value

Ashley A. Dumas See all items with this value

Vernon James Knight See all items with this value

James B. Legg See all items with this value

Brad R. Lieb See all items with this value

Steven D. Smith See all items with this value

Date

2024

Bibliographic Citation

Cobb, Charles R., Dennis B. Blanton, Edmond A. Boudreaux III, Chester DePratter, Ashley A. Dumas, Vernon James Knight, James B. Legg, Brad R. Lieb, and Steven D. Smith. 2024. Metal Detecting in the Wake of 16th Century A.D. Spanish Expeditions. Journal of Field Archaeology 43:1–18.

annotates

In southeastern North America, the received wisdom has been that most 16th century a.d. European objects occur in mortuary contexts, the archaeological manifestation of gifting and barter between European leaders and Indigenous chiefs. Our application of metal detector surveys in four projects in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi now throws this interpretation into question. We have found significant numbers of diagnostic iron and cuprous 16th century a.d. artifacts in residential contexts, which reflects both the huge amount of material imported into the Southeast by European colonizing efforts and the variety of ways by which Indigenous peoples incorporated new raw materials and technologies into their world views.

Subject

Mississippi See all items with this value

Alabama See all items with this value

Commerce See all items with this value

Spanish See all items with this value

Metal See all items with this value

Artifacts See all items with this value

Specialized Analysis See all items with this value

Survey See all items with this value

Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value

Temporal Coverage

16th Century See all items with this value

Postcontact See all items with this value