The Coronado Expedition: The New Evidence – Deni Seymour

Dr. Deni Seymour will talk about her work over the last few years during which she and her team discovered 17 sites left behind in southern Arizona by the Coronado Expedition of 1539-1542. The discovery of a Spanish townsite, overnight camps, and travel routes have revolutionized our understanding of the expedition – where they went, how they were organized, weapons they carried and what they did. Equally important are the insights gained into the Native Nations that lived in the area and interacted with the Spanish.

 

Biography

Deni Seymour, Ph.D. is an archaeologist and ethnohistorian whose 45-years of research have focused on the Spanish colonial period in the American Southwest, emphasizing Native peoples at first contact (O’odham, Apache, Jacome, and Manso), presidios, missions/vistas, and trails (Coronado, Camino Real, Anza, etc.). She has focused intensively on the 1539-1542 Coronado expedition, identifying more Coronado expedition sites in Arizona than all others known throughout the Southwest, extending the trail from Nogales to the Gila River. She has published nine peer-reviewed articles on her expedition-related discoveries, and a documentary film that is available on PBS entitled, Coronado: The New Evidence.

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