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    • Santo Domingo Pitcher
    • Santo Domingo Pitcher

    Spanish Pitcher

    Most pottery uncovered during excavations is in fragments. If archaeologists find multiple pieces of the same […]

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    • Glass Perfume Vial
    • Glass Perfume Vial

    Glass Perfume Bottle

    Researchers found this fragile bottle in a St. Augustine historic well. Because it was found in […]

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    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)
    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)
    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)
    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)

    Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)

    Spaniards eagerly adopted chocolate in the Americas, using Mexican Chocolateros to whisk and froth a beverage. […]

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    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts, Nails
    • Fort Mose Artifacts, Buckle

    Fort Mose Artifacts

    Fort Mose was America’s first legally sanctioned free black community, settled by formerly enslaved Africans who […]

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    • Bone Figa
    • Bone Figa
    • Bone Figa

    Bone Figa

    Archaeologists excavated this small, fist-shaped ornament from the first settlement site of St. Augustine. A Spanish […]

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    • Glass Vial from Columbia Co., Florida
    • Glass Vial from Columbia Co., Florida

    Glass Vial

    Archaeologists rarely find delicate objects intact. This glass vial from the Fig Springs Mission site likely […]

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    • Spanish Sword (cast)
    • Spanish Sword (cast)

    Spanish Sword (cast)

    Archaeologists recovered a chunk of coral from a Spanish shipwreck, and x-rays revealed a hollow space […]

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    • Spanish Olive Jar
    • Spanish Olive Jar
    • Spanish Olive Jar

    Spanish Olive Jar

    Spanish colonists used olive jars to ship olive oil, wine, honey and other goods. Archaeologists rarely […]

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    • Spanish Book Clasps
    • Spanish Book Clasp
    • Spanish Book Clasp
    • Spanish Book Clasp

    Spanish Book Clasps

    Books and recordkeeping were important in Spanish colonial daily life, but evidence is rare at archaeological […]

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    • Spanish Musket Ball
    • Spanish Musket Ball

    Spanish Musket Ball

    Christopher Columbus established the short-lived settlement La Navidad in what is now Haiti. Artifacts from this […]

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