Old Mobile Archaeology

Archaeological excavations since 1989 have uncovered buried evidence of the earliest French colonial settlements on the northern Gulf coast. Patient scientific study is revealing the original townsite of Mobile, first capital of the Louisiane colony, and remnants of the colony's port on Dauphin Island. This is the story of archaeologists piecing together a fascinating but little-known chapter of America's early history.自1989年起开展的考古发掘，已揭露出墨西哥湾北部沿岸首批法国殖民定居点的埋藏遗存。经细致严谨的科学研究，考古工作正逐步还原路易斯安那殖民地首任首府莫比尔的原始城址，以及多芬岛上该殖民地港口的残存遗迹。这正是考古学家们拼接出美国早期历史中这段引人入胜却鲜为人知篇章的故事。