Overharvesting of Seafood: Did the Indians Affect their Environment?
The Calusa were fisher-hunter-gatherers who relied upon the bounty of estuaries to provide adequate food for a large population and … Continue
National Science Foundation Awards New Grant
As today’s climate fluctuates, sea levels rise dramatically, and severe weather events occur more frequently, sustainability of plant communities is … Continue
The Archaeology of Pineland is published
A major new book about Pineland is now available. The Archaeology of Pineland: A Coastal Southwest Florida Site Complex, A.D. … Continue
An 800-year-old Mystery
A few years ago a new house was built on Brown’s Complex Mound 4, a part of the Pineland Site … Continue
Pineland’s Dark Ages
These days, climate change is center-stage. Understandably most of the attention is on global warming and sea-level rise. Many wonder … Continue
To Enslave or Not To Enslave
Beginning early in 1566, Florida’s founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés embarked on a far-reaching strategy to bring the native peoples … Continue
Extra-local Stone at Surf Clam Ridge
Despite the fact that the Pineland site is situated well south of the natural geologic range of stone suitable for … Continue
The Pineland Site and Calusa-Spanish Relations, 1612-1614
The identification of the Pineland site as the likely remains of the important 16th-18th-century Calusa community of Tampa (see June, … Continue
New Map of Sixteenth-Century Pineland to be Presented
On May 14, 2005, at the 57th annual meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society in Gainesville, Merald Clark, John LoCastro, … Continue
Pineland Mystery Bone is from Monk Sea
Exciting archaeological discoveries often happen long after the excavation tools are put away. This is one reason why museum collections … Continue