Raja miraletus These rays have wide, diamond-shaped pectoral discs that are brown to reddish-brown and covered in dark spots, and two distinct eye spots in rich blue outlined in dark purple and then light yellow. From pointed snout to stout tail, they can grow to around 24 inches long, and it has
It has also been reported in the southwestern part of the Indian Ocean.
Poroderma africanum This small nocturnal shark prefers the coastal waters off of southern Africa where it hunts crustaceans and small bony fish at night. It is gray with seven dark stripes that run from head to tail, and has gray lobed fins set further back toward the asymmetrical caudal fin than
waters off the coast of South Africa in the southeast Atlantic Ocean and western Indian
Cirrhigaleus asper These dogfish get their name from their rough skin, caused by unusually large denticles (translated as „little teeth“) which are specialized scales designed to make sharks swim more efficiently. They have stout bodies and pointed snouts with large eyes, two dorsal fins with lar
In the western Indian Ocean, it is found from southern Mozambique to South Africa
The site of En Bas Saline was first located and tested in 1977 by medical missionary and avocational archaeologist William Hodges of the Hopital le Bon Samaritain in Limbé, Haiti, as part of his lifelong search for Columbus’s lost fort of La Navidad. Dr. Hodges was shown elaborate Taíno pottery by
A Brazillian Indian areito depicted in a 16th century engraving by Theodore de Bry
The Environmental Archaeology Program is pleased to count among its number several affiliate researchers whose work provides important contributions to our research program. Â Dr. Susan deFrance E-mail: sdef@ufl.edu Susan deFrance is an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department at
involves extensive research on faunal samples from sites excavated on various West Indian
A hallmark of complex human societies is the existence of surplus foods. Surplus foods enable people, past and present, to spend time on things other than producing food. Mullet, especially the striped mullet (Mugil cephalus), because of their predictable, mass-schooling behavior and preser
there was in southwest Florida a “great fishery of mullet [licias], which [the Indians
Hexanchus nakamurai This slender deep-water shark has a small dorsal fin far along its back, large reflective green eyes, and six gill slits rather than the usual five that most sharks have. It is usually dark to light gray on top, fading to white underneath, and usually grows to from 5.5 to unde
In the Indian Ocean, this shark lives off the eastern and southern coasts of the
Acanthocybium solandri This very long fish has a beak-like snout filled with tiny serrated teeth, several small fins along its dorsal ventral ridges, trailing off with a series of finlets, and then a sharply forked caudal fin. It usually grows to between 3 and 5 feet long, but has been measured a
The wahoo is also present in the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, from the
Echinorhinus brucus This short, stout shark is suited to its life as a deep-sea dweller. It lacks the classic prominent ’shark‘ dorsal fin, having two small dorsal fins placed far back on its body, and most of its other fins are small and set back, including an asymmetrical caudal (tail) fin. Is
Elsewhere they have been caught in the Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean
Explore our recent Research and Ceramic Technology Laboratory Publications Bullen, Ripley P. and James B. Stoltman 1972 Fiber-tempered Pottery in Southeastern United States and Northern Columbia: Its Origins, Context, and Significance. Florida Anthropological Society Publications Number 6. B
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