| Literature DB >> 17360699 |
A M Thibodeau1, D J Killick, J Ruiz, J T Chesley, K Deagan, J M Cruxent, W Lyman.
Abstract
La Isabela, the first European town in the New World, was established in 1494 by the second expedition of Christopher Columbus but was abandoned by 1498. The main motive for settlement was to find and exploit deposits of precious metals. Archaeological evidence of silver extraction at La Isabela seemed to indicate that the expedition had located and tested deposits of silver-bearing lead ore in the Caribbean. Lead isotope analysis refutes this hypothesis but provides new evidence of the desperation of the inhabitants of La Isabela just before its abandonment.Mesh：
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17360699 PMCID： PMC1805524 DOI： 10.1073/pnas.0607297104
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN： 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205