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Caribbean Archaeology

Horses standing on a beach in front of the ocean

Cultural Heritage

Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore

July 27, 2022

An abandoned Caribbean colony unearthed centuries after it had been forgotten and a case of mistaken identity in the archaeological…Read More

Cultural Heritage

The persistent effects of colonialism in Caribbean science

June 1, 2022

Prior to the first world war, sprawling European empires collectively controlled roughly 80% of Earth’s landmass. Following WWII, that percentage…Read More

Tortoise shell on a black background

Cultural Heritage

Crawling out of history: The Grand Turk tortoise

April 25, 2022

My Hero by Billy Collins Just as the hare is zipping across the finish line, the tortoise has stopped once…Read More

Taíno sisters and a child mold clay to make pottery and knead cassava dough for bread

Cultural Heritage

Clear as mud: The origins of early pottery in the Lucayan Islands

January 11, 2022

In our last “Talking Taino” we described a variety of ways that meals were prepared without clay pots. The invention…Read More

This Theodore Morris painting depicts a Taíno sitting at the entrance of a cave grilling fish over the fire.

Cultural Heritage

Not a pot to ‘cook’ in

November 1, 2021

Irving Rouse, the doyen of Caribbean archaeology, once estimated that pottery comprised 90% of all artifacts found in the region….Read More

books of color chips

Cultural Heritage

Human eye beats machine in archaeological color identification test

February 9, 2021

A ruler and scale can tell archaeologists the size and weight of a fragment of pottery – but identifying its…Read More

people in canoes padding toward island

Cultural Heritage

Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean’s first people

December 23, 2020

The history of the Caribbean’s original islanders comes into sharper focus in a new Nature study that combines decades of…Read More

historical illustration

Cultural Heritage

Study puts the ‘Carib’ in ‘Caribbean,’ boosting credibility of Columbus’ cannibal claims

January 10, 2020

Christopher Columbus’ accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce raiders who abducted women and cannibalized men – stories…Read More

animation of four Taíno brothers

News in Brief

Taíno origin story comes to life in animated video by TED-Ed, Museum archaeologist

November 5, 2019

Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologist William Keegan collaborated with TED-Ed to produce a video dramatization of how the world…Read More

man reaching for mangrove plant

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2019 student research award winners named

March 28, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2019 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…Read More

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Gainesville, FL 32611

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Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

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