Faculty and Staff

For further information, or to arrange for examination of particular collections, contact:

Dr. Neill J. Wallis, Associate Curator in Archaeology
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA
Tel: 352-273-1920
Fax: 352-392-3698
Email: nwallis@flmnh.ufl.edu

Neill is associate curator of Florida Archaeology and Bioarchaeology at the Florida Museum and affiliate faculty in the Department of Anthropology. He conducts archaeological research in Florida and the Southeast, focusing on the dynamics of pre-Columbian communities and social networks. His active research projects include multi-sited sourcing analyses of Swift Creek, Weeden Island, and Safety Harbor/Fort Walton pottery across northern Florida and southern Georgia, and field investigations at Woodland and Mississippian sites in north-central Florida and the Gulf coast.

Donna L. Ruhl, Collections Manager III/Florida Archaeology and Bioarchaeology
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA
Tel: 352-273-1928
Fax: 352-392-3698
Email: ruhl@flmnh.ufl.edu

Donna is Florida Archaeology and Bioarchaeology Collections manager and oversees the daily access, use, digitization, rehabilitation and maintenance of these holdings. She is chair of the Human Osteological Advisory Committee/NAGPRA.  She holds a concurrent appointment in Environmental Archaeology as a Research Associate in Archaeobotany focusing on southeastern U.S. sites and conducting research on the documentation and analysis of Florida’s ancient dugout canoes.

South Florida Archaeology Curator and Staff

Historical Archaeology Curator and Staff