The teams findings werepublishedlast week in the InternationalJournal of Historical Archaeology.
It is the first gun recovered from theCoronado expedition, which moved through Arizona between 1539 and 1542.
Coronados expedition eventually gotas far inland as central Kansas.
The 485-year-old cannon discovered in southern Arizona.Image: International Journal of Historical Archaeology (2024)
This includes crossbow bolts, arrowheads, lead bullets, and fragments of weaponry.
The second cannon was in the battlefield itself and exploded during the battle.
The wall gun is a remarkable window into that period of cultural clashes in the American Southwest.
The wall gun as it was found, on the floor of a Spanish structure. Photo: International Journal of Historical Archaeology (2024)
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