The Archaeological History of the Sixteenth-Century French Fort Caroline in Northeast Florida

Abstract

This study investigates the history and archaeology of the sixteenth-century French Fort Caroline in North Florida. In the last 150 plus years, all amateur and professional attempts to locate Fort Caroline have failed. Recent studies have reviewed the historical and archaeological attempts to locate Fort Caroline and have offered new theories on where it may be located. This study builds on these works by examining previously unexplored sites that offer possibilities that match primary source descriptions of the location of Fort Caroline’s founding.