A new look at kinship
The Florida Museum’s Bill Keegan, curator of Caribbean Archaeology, co-authored a paper asking bioarchaeologists to reevaluate traditional assumptions...
Winners of 2017 Austin and Bullen Awards announced
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2017 Austin Award and Bullen Award, given for student research and significant...
New book reveals untold history of pre-colonial Caribbean islands
A new book co-authored by a Florida Museum researcher examines the rich and distinct histories of the Caribbean islands before the arrival of Europeans and...
History Re-written: Christopher Columbus and the cannibals
Indigenous Bahamians plunged into the Caribbean ocean of the 15th century. As with anything from beyond the horizon, they thought the foreign vessels were from...
Mother Sea Turtle
An archaeological site in the Caribbean provides prehistoric evidence of overhunting green sea turtles The Cayman Islands, just south of Cuba, are among the...
Catch of the day
Contrary to our current dilemma, the Taino always knew where their fish came from “Here, the fishes are so unlike ours that it is amazing; there are some...
Fossils from Bahamian Blue Hole may give clues to early life
Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida’s coast and left remains offering stark...
Bahamas’ first national heritage park
Nestled in a dry tropical forest on the western shores of New Providence Island the Clifton plantation has for centuries been remote from the hustle and bustle...