St. Catherines: An Island in Time
St. Catherines is the story of how a team of archaeologists found the lost sixteenth-century Spanish mission of Santa Catalina de Guale on the coastal Georgia island now known as St. Catherines. The discovery of mission Santa Catalina has contributed significantly to knowledge about early inhabitants of the island and about the Spanish presence in Georgia nearly two centuries before the arrival of British colonists.
1100110747
St. Catherines: An Island in Time
St. Catherines is the story of how a team of archaeologists found the lost sixteenth-century Spanish mission of Santa Catalina de Guale on the coastal Georgia island now known as St. Catherines. The discovery of mission Santa Catalina has contributed significantly to knowledge about early inhabitants of the island and about the Spanish presence in Georgia nearly two centuries before the arrival of British colonists.
20.95 In Stock
St. Catherines: An Island in Time

St. Catherines: An Island in Time

by David Hurst Thomas
St. Catherines: An Island in Time

St. Catherines: An Island in Time

by David Hurst Thomas

Paperback(Revised ed.)

$20.95 
  • SHIP THIS ITEM
    Qualifies for Free Shipping
  • PICK UP IN STORE

    Your local store may have stock of this item.

Related collections and offers


Overview

St. Catherines is the story of how a team of archaeologists found the lost sixteenth-century Spanish mission of Santa Catalina de Guale on the coastal Georgia island now known as St. Catherines. The discovery of mission Santa Catalina has contributed significantly to knowledge about early inhabitants of the island and about the Spanish presence in Georgia nearly two centuries before the arrival of British colonists.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780820338019
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 04/01/2011
Series: Georgia Humanities Council Publication Series
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 112
Sales rank: 657,391
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

DAVID HURST THOMAS is the curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. In addition to his discoveries on St. Catherines, he has completed major excavations at Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada and of a Spanish mission south of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

DAVID HURST THOMAS is the curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History. In addition to his discoveries on St. Catherines, he has completed major excavations at Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada and of a Spanish mission south of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Table of Contents


Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments

1. Some Fortunate Hunter
2. Georgia's Invisible Spanish Heritage
      The Black Legend
      Lost Reminders of Spanish Georgia
3. Santa Catalina de Guale: Georgia's Oldest Known European Settlement
      The Guale Indians
4. How Mission Santa Catalina Was Rediscovered
      First Clues
      Space-age Technology to the Rescue
5. What Did Mission Santa Catalina Look Like?
      Santa Catalina: Georgia's Oldest Known Church
      The Campo Santo (Cemetery)
      The Friary (Convento) Complex
6. New Light on Georgia's Unwritten Past
      The Poverty Paradox
      The Preferred Hispanic Design for New World Living

Timeline of Significant Historical Events, St. Catherines Island, Georgia
Discussion Questions
Endnotes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading

From the B&N Reads Blog

Customer Reviews