Santo Domingo de Talaje: resurrecting a seventeenth-century Spanish mission at Darien Bluff, Georgia

Richard W. Jefferies, Mark Williams

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Abstract

This paper presents an overview of archaeological investigations conducted at Darien Bluff, McIntosh County, Georgia, over the past 75 years. The discovery of lost artifacts, missing excavation records, and several draft reports provided an opportunity to obtain a comprehensive overview of Spanish Mission period activity at the site of Mission Santo Domingo de Talaje, a primarily seventeenth-century mission that once stood on the banks of the Altamaha River. Included are archaeological and historical perspectives of the researchers who excavated the site and new interpretations by the authors that draw on recently relocated artifacts and excavation records.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)204-231
Number of pages28
JournalSoutheastern Archaeology
Volume37
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2 2018

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2018.

Keywords

  • Georgia archaeology
  • Spanish missions
  • contact period
  • history of archaeology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology

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