Students excavate Fort of Pensacola
Archaeology students from the University of West Florida have been excavating the site of the Fort of Pensacola, unearthing some interesting finds including this military button, and less interesting treasure like a cat skeleton. This is apparently a follow up to an “earlier dig”:http://www.uwf.edu/anthropology/research/fort.cfm conducted by the school.
The Fort of Pensacola has a long history, originally being built by the Spanish in 1756, it was transferred to the British in 1763 after the Seven Years War and then recaptured by the Spanish in 1781.
The button pictured is believed to be from the U.S territorial period under Andrew Jackson, circa 1814-1821.
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