Copan (University of Pennsylvania) Archaeology Project, Honduras Project Zooarchaeologist: Kitty Emery Can we reconstruct the pomp, ceremony, and rituals surrounding the death and burial of the founding rulers of the site of Copan? What were the animal foods these brave souls took with them as
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Faunal Exploitation and Translocation at Carriacou, Grenadines Grand Bay coast (Photo by Scott M. Fitzpatrick) Michelle LeFebvre has spent several years conducting fieldwork on Carriacou, a Grenadine island in the Lesser Antilles. All work on Carriacou has been a multi-institution effort, with P
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Aguateca Archaeological Project Project Zooarchaeologist: Kitty Emery What did the Maya nobility do with their animals? Did they eat fancy meats and exotic shellfish? Did they display „trophy heads“ like big-game hunters today? Did they buy only the best bone needles? Did they wear only the fa
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Life Before Columbus at En Bas Saline, Haiti Central Mound archaeological features Zooarchaeological materials from the En Bas Saline site, located in present day Haiti, are the primary focus of dissertation research by Michelle LeFebvre. En Bas Saline is a particularly unique site in the Cari
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In collaboration with the Florida Museum Digital Imaging Division, the Environmental Archaeology Program’s Fish Skulls Photogrammetry Project focuses on capturing detailed 3D images of neurocrania from select taxa of fishes curated in our skeletal reference collection. This project is ongoing and li
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Identifying Anthropogenic Soils from pre-Columbian Puerto Rico Scudder, S. J. (2001) Soil resources and anthropogenic changes at the Tibes Site, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(1-2):30-40. Abstract: Soil and landscape analyses were conducted at the pre-Columbian civic-ceremon
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Graduate students of the Environmental Archaeology Program (FLMNH-EAP) seek both Masters (MA and MSc) and PhD level degrees through various teaching departments of the University of Florida. Dr. Emery (Curator) and Dr. Walker (Research Scientist) are part of the University of Florida Graduate Facult
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National Park Service Collaborative Project Florida National Park Service Southeast Archaeology Project Principal Investigator: Irvy Quitmyer, 2011-2015 The Environmental Archaeology Program has recently entered into a collaborative research project with the National Park Service Southeast Arch
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Sylvia Scudder, retired collection manager, conducted extensive archaeopedological research in the Caribbean area. Here are a few of her past projects: Evidence of Sea Level Rise at the Turks and Caicos Islands Scudder, S. J. (2001) Evidence of sea level rise at the Early Ostionan Coralie site (GT
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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
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