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Archeologists to Search for Lost Mission
"A barefoot Franciscan was dropped alone into alien territory and given his marching orders to convert these Indians and probably gather a certain amount of intelligence."
"If we want to understand the situation on the ground in any detail, we've got to go move some earth and that's what we want to do."
- Dennis Blanton, Fernbank Museum of Natural History spokesman
"If we want to understand the situation on the ground in any detail, we've got to go move some earth and that's what we want to do."
- Dennis Blanton, Fernbank Museum of Natural History spokesman
Albany, Georgia, USA - Amateur archeologists will get a chance to search this summer for the lost mission of Santa Isabel de Utinahica, built in the wilderness in the 1600s for a lone friar who was dispatched to evangelize among the Indians on the edge of Spain's colonial empire.
The program is intended to give adults and high school and college students an opportunity to take part in an excavation and to heighten appreciation for the state's history and archaeological treasures. The amateurs will be guided by professional archeologists.