Austin, Bullen 2016 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2016 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
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Beyond the temples
Most of what we know about Mayan civilization relates to kings, queens and their elaborate temples. To understand what life…
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Earliest use of Mexican turkeys by ancient Maya
As a University of Florida graduate student, one of Erin Thornton’s first assignments was to identify turkey bones from an…
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Study counters ideas about Mayan elite craftworks
It’s easy to get carried away romanticizing the cushy lives of the fabulously wealthy, even those who lived in exotic…
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Bone collectors and sacred trash
To the Maya, throwing away the bones of hunted animals is as wasteful as throwing away the entire animal itself….
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Maya politics likely played role in ancient large game decline
When Kitty Emery goes hunting for large-game, she doesn’t have to wait for the right season, because the animals that…
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A queen’s final feast
In 426 AD, a noble we now know as K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’ (Great Sun First Quetzal Macaw), arrived in…
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Sclerochronology: Playing back the recordings of life
Sclerochronology is the study of astronomical cycles recorded in the hard tissues of organisms such as the shells of mollusks…
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Research sheds light on Lake Monroe inhabitants
A team of specialists from the Florida Museum of Natural History Environmental Archaeology Program has identified the Archaic people of…
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