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    • Coiled Basket With Doll Lid
    • Coiled Basket With Doll Lid

    Coiled Basket With Doll Lid

    This object is on permanent display in the South Florida People & Environments exhibit, located in […]

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    • Shell with Pigment

    Shell with Pigment

    This object is on permanent display in the South Florida People & Environments exhibit, located inside […]

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    • Fishing Net Fragments
    • Fishing Net Fragments

    Fishing Net Fragments

    This object is on permanent display in the South Florida People & Environments exhibit, located in […]

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    • Mammoth Ivory Point
    • Mammoth Ivory Point

    Mammoth Ivory Point with Incised Pattern

    This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, […]

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    • Swift Creek Pottery
    • Swift Creek Pottery
    • Swift Creek Pottery
    • Swift Creek Pottery

    Swift Creek Pottery

    Swift Creek pottery bears impressions created by small carved wooden paddles. The designs can be traced […]

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    • Santo Domingo Pitcher
    • Santo Domingo Pitcher

    Spanish Pitcher

    Most pottery uncovered during excavations is in fragments. If archaeologists find multiple pieces of the same […]

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    • Glass Perfume Vial
    • Glass Perfume Vial

    Glass Perfume Bottle

    Researchers found this fragile bottle in a St. Augustine historic well. Because it was found in […]

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    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)
    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)
    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)
    • Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)

    Chocolatero (Chocolate Frother)

    Spaniards eagerly adopted chocolate in the Americas, using Mexican Chocolateros to whisk and froth a beverage. […]

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    • Florida Projectile Points
    • Florida Projectile Points
    • Florida Projectile Points

    Florida Projectile Points

    Projectile points vary in size, shape and function, from small true “arrowheads” to larger points used […]

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    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts
    • Fort Mose Artifacts, Nails
    • Fort Mose Artifacts, Buckle

    Fort Mose Artifacts

    Fort Mose was America’s first legally sanctioned free black community, settled by formerly enslaved Africans who […]

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