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The Search for Santa Isabel de Utinahica
A Fernbank Research and Public Archaeology Program
Fernbank Museum launched a new research effort in 2006—a search for the 17th-century mission of Santa Isabel de Utinahica and other traces of Spanish colonial activity. Teachers, students, and archaeology enthusiasts were a crucial part of this investigation, working side-by-side with professional archaeologists. To date, their combined efforts have identified evidence of mission activity and considerable indication of early Spanish exploration.
Learn more about this unique program as well as highlights of what was discovered.
Public Archaeology Program
Discover Georgia’s hidden history and help explore the impact of Spanish colonization in this special hands-on program. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to gain experience in the methods of archaeology, while helping professional archaeologists in a search for new evidence of Spanish exploration and a lost mission. Learn more!
All sessions are currently full. To be placed on a waiting list, contact us at 404.929.6379 or archaeology@fernbank.edu.
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