The Economic Times

In the 1600s, a Native American clay pot was buried at a Spanish mission in Florida. Around 400 years later, archaeologists were stunned to find it intact

Archaeologists in Florida have uncovered a rare, fully intact 400-year-old clay pot believed to have been crafted by the Potano Indigenous community. The remarkable discovery at the historic Mission San Francisco de Potano is offering new clues about Native American life during the Spanish colonial and has raised questions about why the vessel was deliberately buried.