The Potano (also Potanou[1] or Potavou, [2] Timucua: Potano "That is happening now" [3]) tribe lived in north-central Florida at the time of first European contact. Their territory included what …

Mar 6, 2025 · Archaeologists researching the larger Gainesville area have identified the Alachua tradition as a precursor to the Potano people, basing this assessment on ethnohistoric …

Potano History. The name Potano first appears as that of a province through which De Soto passed in 1539. In 1564-65 the French colonists of Florida found this tribe at war with the …

Feb 1, 2007 · Such was the case in 1706 when the Potano Indians—a sub-group of the Timucua Indians—and Spanish missionaries abandoned their village and the San Francisco de Potano …

The mission of San Francisco de Potano was founded in 1606 by the Franciscans Father Martín Prieto and Father Alonso Serrano. It was the first doctrina (a mission with a resident priest) in …

The Potano lived in north central Florida, in an area covering Alachua County and possibly extending west to Cofa at the mouth of the Suwanee River. They participated in the Alachua …

San Buenaventura de Potano was a Spanish mission near Orange Lake in southern Alachua County or northern Marion County, Florida, located on the site where the town of Potano had …

Sep 27, 1998 · Today we know that the earliest Paleoindians lived in Florida 12,000 years ago. Who were these Paleoindians, these “ancient Indians,” and how did they live?

Jul 9, 2012 · Not far from where a family of local archaeologists found evidence of Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto's encampment, they also discovered beads, pottery and other …

May 25, 2023 · The site provides us with valuable information on Potano houses and early Spanish missionization. Collections include a large assemblage of Alachua series pottery, …