Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Herd

An abandoned Caribbean colony unearthed centuries after it had been forgotten and a case of mistaken identity in the archaeological record have conspired to rewrite the history of a barrier island off the Virginia and Maryland coasts. These seemingly unrelated threads were woven together when Nic
The feral Assateague herd is currently jointly managed

This post was written by guest blogger Noah J. D. DesRosiers, a research colleague who accompanied the FLMNH team on the KAUST Red Sea cruise. You can read more from him at www.naturenoah.com. “Thousands of miles from home, hundreds of miles from our institution, and thirty miles from any solid lan
Using the beam of light alone, I herd the photo-phobic

Welcome to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s annual report for fiscal year 2023. It’s been an exciting year with many changes for both the University of Florida and the museum!
The feral Assateague herd is currently jointly managed

Tracking Llama and Alpaca Herding and Trade in the Southern Andes Llamas and alpacas (camelids) were a subsistence and economic mainstay of Middle Horizon (AD 600-1000) and more recent cultures in the Peruvian Andes. However, despite their economic and cultural importance, prehistoric foddering p
(>3500 masl) as they are today, or whether local herds

A new book by Nicolas Delsol, a courtesy faculty member and former researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History, reveals the profound role cattle played in shaping the Americas. Delsol is currently in the Laboratoire d’Archéologie at Université Laval in Quebec, Canada. In this book, Delsol
author of “Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders

About five and a half million years ago, several gomphotheres — extinct relatives of elephants — died in or near a river in North Florida. Although their deaths likely occurred hundreds of years apart, their bodies were all deposited in a single location, entombed alongside other animals that had me
“Modern elephants travel in herds and can be very protective

Project Archaeologist: Nicolas Delsol Before the arrival of the Europeans in the New World, native societies of Mesoamerica used very few domesticated species. They relied mainly on hunting to provide themselves with meat and other animal products. After the conquest of Mexico and Guatemala,
biology of the animal or the population dynamics of the herds

Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from the „Ancient Floridians“ chapter of „Florida’s Indians from Ancient Times to the Present,“ by Jerald T. Milanich, published by University Press of Florida in 1998. Since at least the 1920s, residents of Florida have been finding Indian artifacts
interesting possibility: did the Paleoindians move with the herds

Oligocene Epoch 34 million to 23 million years ago During the previous epoch, Florida was under water, but the global climate cooled in the Oligocene. This caused sea levels to drop and a portion of northern Florida went from marine to terrestrial habitats! Many animals migrated to this new la
leaves, twigs and fruits—and probably lived in small herds

The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, says a Florida Museum of Natural History researcher whose findings show that the evolution of horses had more twists and turns than previously thought. According to conventional notions, horses simply became bigger over time and switched from
New World in the 1500s, eventually producing vast herds