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Portrait photo of Daniel Paluh

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum honors winners of the 2022 Austin, Bullen and Biodiversity awards

April 13, 2022

The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of the annual Austin and Bullen awards for student research…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

Calusa working

Cultural Heritage

Investigating the Calusa

September 25, 2020

The Calusa may have been the only ancient people in North America who established a kingdom without practicing agriculture. Their…Read More

oysters

Cultural Heritage

During tough times, ancient ‘tourists’ sought solace in Florida oyster feasts

May 1, 2020

More than a thousand years ago, people from across the Southeast regularly traveled to a small island on Florida’s Gulf…Read More

Calusa meeting Spanish ships

Cultural Heritage

Archaeologists verify Florida’s Mound Key as location of elusive Spanish fort

April 23, 2020

Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first…Read More

illustration of Calusa in a canoe

Cultural Heritage

Sophisticatedly engineered ‘watercourts’ stored live fish, fueling Florida’s Calusa kingdom

March 30, 2020

The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and collecting tribute along routes that sprawled hundreds…Read More

pottery fragment

Awards & Honors

Winners of 2017 Austin and Bullen Awards announced

May 12, 2017

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2017 Austin Award and Bullen Award, given for…Read More

Jerald Milanich

Awards & Honors

Two former archaeology curators receive lifetime achievement awards

April 8, 2016

Florida Museum of Natural History curators emeritus Kathleen Deagan and Jerald Milanich were recently honored with 2015 lifetime achievement awards…Read More

Students collect sediment in water site

Climate Change

High tides: Florida’s early climate-change resettlements could guide modern sea level rise planning

March 28, 2016

Miami residents dodging sea-water spewing manhole covers take note: You’re not the first Floridians to deal with climate change. That…Read More

Catalina with shark tooth

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2015 student research award winners named

May 4, 2015

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2015 Austin Award and Bullen Award for superior…Read More

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