The Randell Research Center (RRC) is a program of the Florida Museum of Natural History focused on the coastal and island cultural and natural heritage of Florida. Archaeologists, biologists, and other scholars from the Florida Museum of Natural History have conducted research and education program
The site was a Calusa Indian village for over 1,500 years.
Amphiprion perideraion These pink-orange, almond-shaped fish get their name from the color of anemone they usually inhabit. The small fish have a signature white line down their backs from nose to tail, and a white stripe separating head and body. They acclimated themselves to the stinging tentac
Photo © Doug Perrine The pink anemonefish is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
In 1492, Columbus built a small fort near what is today the town of La Vega in the central Dominican Republic. It was intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort, and aft
Of particular interest are the Indian-made ceramics known as “Cerámica Indo-Hispano
The Florida Archaeological Collections at the Florida Museum of Natural History span more than 100 years of investigations in Florida. While the Anthropology Department within the museum wasn’t founded until 1952, the collections and records include materials from earlier expeditions and programs wi
be associated with Soto’s entrada and provide a rare glimpse into Spanish and Indian
Native Flora Flora changes from macroalgae in fresh and brackish waters to seagrass and mangroves as salinity increases. The freshwater habitats of the Everglades are dominated by marsh and slough flora, however the flora changes moving downstream where the freshwater mixes with seawater. Tran
Bottlenose dolphins (Turiops truncatus) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus
Official hearings were held in 1602 to decide the fate of St. Augustine—keep it, move it or abandon it? The decision was to keep the colony where it was, as a haven for shipwreck victims and a strategic military position against the ever-increasing threat of pirates preying on the Spanish treasure f
Mission Indian uprisings, severe epidemics, pirate attacks and the increasing threat
Native Floridians recovered various metals from European shipwrecks off Florida’s coasts and re-fashioned the metal into objects and ornaments using traditional techniques, forms and decoration. Although their cultural meaning is unknown, their beauty remains. Summary Copper Medallion Made by B
But more likely the Indians salvaged metals from Spanish shipwrecks and then reworked
Jerald T. Milanich, contributing editor at Archaeology magazine and curator emeritus in archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named a fellow in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Milanich is among 229 new fellows who join one of the nation’s most prestigious
decades of the 19th century (in Florida and the American West) and on the Seminole Indians
County: Citrus County Date Published: 7/2/2025 Publisher: Naples Tampa Bay Times CITY OF GAINESVILLE  1659 Museum Road, P.O. Box 117800  Gainesville, FL 32611-7800  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Florida Statute § 267.0723, that the UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA-FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HIS
Counties Alachua Brevard Citrus Collier Columbia Dade Dixie Duval Highlands Indian
Sites Represented in the Caribbean Collection Special Exhibitions
Espagnol Point (NW part) Espagnol Point (SE part) Fancy (cultivated fields) Indian
