Posted: 4/20/2020
If you’ve visited any of
our museums at the Historic Trust, you’ll undoubtedly have heard mention of
archaeology. Firstly, what is
archaeology? It is defined as the study
of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the
analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. Not only does the Historic Trust have many
archaeological artifacts on display in our museums, we also have created The
Colonial Archaeological Trail for our visitors to experience. The Archaeological Trail is a series of
exposed preserves from previous digs that are available to view with
information boards alongside them. The
best part is that many of these pieces are outdoors and publicly available
while our museums are temporarily closed!
Available on our website is a brochure that details each
preserve and provides a map to help you locate them. That map will also show you just why so much
of Pensacola’s history has been told through archaeology. You’ll find that the district that the
Historic Trust is located in sits almost entirely within three forts from the
Spanish and British periods. Detailed in
the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum is an archaeology exhibit that gives a look into
the efforts of the University of West Florida’s Department of Archaeology at
excavating and preserving artifacts.
Some of their pieces are even on display in the exhibit. If you’re local to Pensacola then you’ll
probably remember extensive construction from 2018-2019 along Jefferson Street
and Zaragoza Street. While that
construction was taking place, there was also archaeological digging going on as
well. So even more of Pensacola’s
history was being unearthed and hopefully coming to our museums to tell us all
more about the city’s wonderful history!
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