Archeologists unearth signs from 1700s of British control in Florida after centuries of Spanish rule
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This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program volunteers, from left, Don Roberts, Janet Fittipaldi, David Kasriel and Bob Maerz work to screen soil to recover artifacts from the 1781 British Redoubt moat in Feb. 2025. (City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program via AP)This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows an overview of the City Archaeology Program excavations site of the 1781 British Redoubt moat in February 2025. (City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program via AP)This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows a 3-foot-tall cross-section view of the excavated moat of a 1781 British Redoubt, showing layers of natural and human filling episodes, in St. Augustine, Fla., in February 2025. (City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program via AP)This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows an overview of the City Archaeology Program excavations of the 1781 British Redoubt moat in February 2025. (City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program via AP)This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program staff members Kate Ganas, left, Andrea White, center, and Katherine Sims excavating within the 1781 British Redoubt moat in February 2025. (City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program via AP)
City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program
This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program volunteers, from left, Don Roberts, Janet Fittipaldi, David Kasriel and Bob Maerz work to screen soil to recover artifacts from the 1781 British Redoubt moat in Feb. 2025. (City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program via AP)