Our scientists study archaeology and ethnography of North America, focusing on the Southeastern United States, Caribbean, and Latin America.
We also have a strong environmental archaeology collection that includes modern comparative and archaeological specimens of zoological and botanical materials and archaeological soils.
Latest Research News
Crawling out of history: The Grand Turk tortoise
My Hero by Billy Collins Just as the hare is zipping across the finish line, the tortoise has stopped once…
Clear as mud: The origins of early pottery in the Lucayan Islands
In our last “Talking Taino” we described a variety of ways that meals were prepared without clay pots. The invention…
Not a pot to ‘cook’ in
Irving Rouse, the doyen of Caribbean archaeology, once estimated that pottery comprised 90% of all artifacts found in the region.…
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Museum Exhibits
Visiting the Florida Museum? These exhibits feature past and present cultures:
Near the Fort Myers area? The Randell Research Center in Pineland is dedicated to the archaeology, history and ecology of Southwest Florida:
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