Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
In April 2026, archaeologists from UC San Diego’s @scrippsoceanography joined a UNESCO-led project to explore Villa La Isabela, the settlement that defined how the conquest of the Americas would look, and a location thought to contain remnants of ships associated with the expeditions of Christopher Columbus. Here, one of the researchers drives a core into the ground at a location where river sediment may have accumulated over a stretch of original coastline. #scma #unesco #archaeology
In April 2026, archaeologists from UC San Diego’s @scrippsoceanography joined a UNESCO-led project to explore Villa La Isabela, the settlement that defined how the conquest of the Americas would look, and a location thought to contain remnants of ships associated with the expeditions of Christopher Columbus. Here, one of the researchers drives a core into the ground at a location where river sediment may have accumulated over a stretch of original coastline. #scma #unesco #archaeology
