Squatina californica This flattened benthic shark ambushes prey from beneath the sand. Unlike rays, angelsharks have tubular tails with asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin and lack a venomous spine. Order – Squatiniformes Family – Squatinidae Genus – Squatina Species – californica Common Names
by: Cathleen Bester References Bustamante, C., Vargas-Caro, C. and Bennett, M.B.
Archaeopedology at the Lake Monroe Outlet Midden (8VO53) By Sylvia J. Scudder The Site Setting Volusia County, FL is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and the west by the St. Johns River. The landscape is formed from a series of beach ridges and terraces that accumulated tens of thousa
It is on this ancient landscape that Archaic period people came to live ca. 5600 B.P
Introduction A herbarium specimen voucher is usually a pressed, mounted plant sample with collection data deposited for future reference. It supports research work and may be examined to verify the identity or study other elements of the specimen. A voucher specimen must be deposited in a recognize
Croat, T.B. 1985. Collecting and Preparing Specimens of Araceae.
Long before Columbus, the islands of the Caribbean were home to Native American peoples. Over thousands of years, these island inhabitants built rich and diverse cultures, with their own technology, diet, history, religion, and art. Sadly, these people all but disappeared in less than a generation a
As early as 2100 B.C. villages of horticulturalists who used pottery vessels to cook
In 1565 a fleet of Spanish ships led by Pedro Menéndez de Aviles established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida. After a difficult first decade of conflict with the local Timucua Indians, the city established itself as the capital of Spani
Florida Anthropologist 46:105-127. 1993b Identifying and locating the Hornabeque
Baweka, translated from the Taino language as „Large Northern Basin,“ was the name for the Caicos Bank at the time of Columbus. From Abawana (Grand Turk) to Makobisa (West Caicos) the islands supported a thriving native population on the eve of European conquest. Nestled between the Bahama Islands
line is traced to people from the Yucatan Peninsula who entered Cuba around 5,000 B.C
