In late 1891, Peter Henry Rolfs began collecting specimens of wild plants in Florida, essentially marking the formation of the University of Florida Herbarium. The University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) contains about a half million specimens, including about 350,000 vascular plants, 70,000 bryophy
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Research Alumni The following individuals studied or worked in the Environmental Archaeology Program for an extended period. This list is still preliminary, and we will soon be adding visiting researchers and photos. If you are/know of an alumnus not currently listed or have information regarding a
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An Overview of a Middle – Late Archaic Period Site in the Upper St. Johns River Valley. by Elizabeth Horvath The Lake Monroe Outlet Midden is located on the northwestern shore of Lake Monroe in Volusia County, FL, where the St. Johns River narrows back into its channel after widening to become the
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The Political Role of Animals in the Sierra del Lacandón, Guatemala Project Zooarchaeologists: Ashley Sharpe and Kitty Emery Animals were used for much more than just food in the past: in many Maya communities, the control of certain animal species played an important role maintaining social net
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Ceibal Archaeological Project Project Zooarchaeologist: Ashley Sharpe What can animal bones and shells tell us about the rise of Maya society? With a history spanning some 2,000 years, the site of Ceibal (formerly „Seibal“) has one of the longest occupation sequences anywhere in the Maya are
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The 40th Mid-Continent Paleobotanical Colloquium (MPC) April 21-23, 2023 Group photo MPC 2023 Abstracts MPC Program with map MPC 2023 2nd Circular with map in pdf The venue for 2023 will be the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. MPC (Mi
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Pristis pristis Although sawfish look somewhat like sharks, they are actually rays. They have an elongated snout or „rostrum“ that is studded with teeth that they swing from side to side to stun schooling fishes, crustaceans and invertebrates upon which they feed. Large tooth sawfishes are most c
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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
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Quitmyer Late in the Pleistocene epoch (ca. 14,000 B.P. – Before Present), Paleoindians
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Christopher Columbus. Admiral of the Ocean Sea. The Great Navigator. Renown as the champion of the belief that the earth was round. The man who sought the riches of the Far East by sailing to the west, and who happened instead upon a New World. The man who discovered America. How accurate is the po
“We departed Friday the third of August of the year 1492 from the bar of Saltés
