Daily Archives: July 20, 2026

Paper 2 — Invasion and Survival: The Tocobaga World Under Assault, 1528–1600s

Posted on July 20, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction The people described in the first paper—the fishers, shellfish gatherers, and mound-builders of Tampa Bay—stood on the edge of a catastrophe they could not have imagined. Within a single lifetime of the first Spanish landing, epidemic disease, slave-raiding, and … Continue reading →

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Paper 1 — Before the City: The Tocobaga World of Tampa Bay

Posted on July 20, 2026 by nathanalbright

Introduction Long before Tampa was a fort, a cowtown, or a cigar capital, the shores of the bay held communities of fishers, shellfish gatherers, and mound-builders whose names survive mostly as words in Spanish reports written by men who barely … Continue reading →

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