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How the oldest gun in the US turned up in an Arizona archaeology dig

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The Coronado Expedition crossed from Mexico into what is now Arizona in 1540 and traveled to what would become New Mexico , Texas , Oklahoma and Kansas .

The cannon is a wall or rampart gun, designed to rest on the parapet of an adobe house, a tripod in the field or — in a pinch — the fork of a tree.

It weighs about 40 pounds , heavy by today ’s standards, but light for the 16th century .

In 1541 , San Geronimo III was attacked by the Sobaipuri O’odham .

Half the Spaniards mutinied, leaving the settlement with a weakened population of about 100 people.

The cannon was left behind, and lay hidden for nearly 500 years .

The cannons appear to have been forged in the same foundry, Seymour says.

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