Blanton, Dennis B.,

Conquistador's wake : tracking the legacy of Hernando de Soto in the indigenous Southeast / Dennis B. Blanton. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

On a mission -- Possessed by passions -- Never say never -- A temple in the pines -- A round town -- Calling cards of a conquistador -- The Big Bend province -- Elusive closure -- Making meaning.

"The focus of Conquistador's Wake is a decade-long archaeological project undertaken at a place now known as the Glass Site, located in Telfair County, Georgia. This spot, near the town of McRae, Georgia, offers clues that place Hernando de Soto in Georgia via a different route than previously thought by historians and archaeologists. Rare glass beads --



9780820356365


Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542.


Indians of North America--Antiquities.--Georgia--Dodge County
Excavations (Archaeology)--Georgia--Dodge County.


Electronic Books.

E125 / .C667 2020