The Florida Museum of Natural History, located at the University of Florida, inspires people to value the biological richness and cultural heritage of our diverse world and make a positive difference in its future.
COUNTY FLORIDA, DIXIE COUNTY FLORIDA, DUVAL COUNTY FLORIDA, ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA, INDIAN
The Florida Museum of Natural History, located at the University of Florida, inspires people to value the biological richness and cultural heritage of our diverse world and make a positive difference in its future.
COUNTY FLORIDA, DIXIE COUNTY FLORIDA, DUVAL COUNTY FLORIDA, ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA, INDIAN
The Florida Museum of Natural History, located at the University of Florida, inspires people to value the biological richness and cultural heritage of our diverse world and make a positive difference in its future.
COUNTY FLORIDA, DIXIE COUNTY FLORIDA, DUVAL COUNTY FLORIDA, ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA, INDIAN
Tucker Borrow Pit University of Florida Fossil Vertebrate Localities BR011 Location Tucker Borrow Pit is located in far southwestern Brevard County. 27.83o N, 80.81o W. Age Late early to early middle Pleistocene Epoch; Irvingtonian land mammal age About 1.3-0.6 million years old B
volunteers from the Florida Fossil Hunters, the Florida Paleontological Society, and Indian
Seagrasses are important to the green sea turtle and to marine habitats worldwide.
The Indian River Lagoon, one of the world’s most biodiverse estuaries, lost 58% of
Florida Museum of Natural History curators emeritus Kathleen Deagan and Jerald Milanich were recently honored with 2015 lifetime achievement awards from the Southeastern Archaeological Conference for their many years of research on early American and Caribbean societies. Deagan, Florida Museu
attending to all the people who created that society, including European, American Indian
Museum researchers determined cooler, drier temperatures and lower sea levels by studying the changes in remains at a Calusa archaeological site. Though small, the change in climate would have a tremendous impact on the Calusa, including the collapse of their fishery. Summary Animal Remains: Col
Of course the Indians take advantage of that sort of thing because they’re good food
Florida Museum of Natural History Distinguished Research Curator Kathleen Deagan discusses research at St. Augustine, FL, where she has worked since 1976. In 1565, long before Jamestown, Spaniards, free and enslaved Africans and Native Americans crafted our country’s first enduring European settleme
to us because when Pedro Menéndez and his settlers arrived there was a Timucua Indian
Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Neill Wallis recently received a $20,000 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to analyze and digitally document pottery made by prehistoric people of the southeast U.S. The grant will help Wallis analyze Swift Creek Complicated Stamped pottery used by
The book, featured in April by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Most of what is known about the establishment of St. Augustine comes from the words of three people who witnessed the events directly, and recounted them. This is what they said: Pedro Menéndez de Aviles: The Adelantado “I sent on shore with the first 200 soldiers, two captains, Juan Vincent
de Mendoza Grajales: The preist “They went ashore and were well-received by the Indians
