"An important achievement. Hudson and Milanich have collaborated on determining the route of de Soto in Florida for several years and this book represents their current conclusions. . . . The world became whole five hundred years ago and Florida was at center stage."--Dan F. Morse, University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University Hernando de Soto, the Spanish conquistador, is legendary in the United States today: counties, cars, caverns, shopping malls, and bridges all bear his name. This work explains the historical importance of his expedition, an incredible journey that began at...
"An important achievement. Hudson and Milanich have collaborated on determining the route of de Soto in Florida for several years and this book repres...
"A superb presentation of a critically important archaeological site. It's a seamless synthesis of Hispanic historical sources that] effectively ties the events played out at Puerto Real to the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century global geopolitical scene."--David Hurst Thomas, curator of anthropology, American Museum of Natural HistoryPuerto Real, Haiti, is the site of the largest and most intensive archaeological excavation of any Spanish colony in the Caribbean. It is a primary data source for understanding all Spanish colonial ventures in the region and a vital archival source for anyone...
"A superb presentation of a critically important archaeological site. It's a seamless synthesis of Hispanic historical sources that] effectively ties...
An important addition to the growing literature on American Indian-Eropean contact in North America, offering fresh perspectives on the variability of native societies responses to contact. from the Foreword, by Jerald T. Milanich, Florida Museum of Natural History
The only recent volume that explicitly concentrates on biocultural contact effects based on bioarchaeology, paleopathology, and ethnohistory and the only one] to stress so strongly that more than disease effects were involved in the depopulation of Native Americans. Rebecca Storey, University of Houston
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An important addition to the growing literature on American Indian-Eropean contact in North America, offering fresh perspectives on the variabilit...
"With this latest book, historian John Hann has completed his remarkable trifecta on Florida's Indians, adding South Florida to his previous UPF volumes on the Apalachees and Timucuans. Hann deftly weaves a diverse range of Spanish documentary sources into a comprehensive overview of the nonagricultural peoples of the southern Florida peninsula, providing readers with a wealth of much-needed information in a single volume. This book will instantly become required reading for anyone studying South Florida's indigenous peoples."--John Worth, Florida Museum of Natural History
"Finally, a...
"With this latest book, historian John Hann has completed his remarkable trifecta on Florida's Indians, adding South Florida to his previous UPF volum...
