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Gifford Waters

16th century map of Spanish Florida and Cuba

Collections

Mission accessible: Florida’s historic Spanish missions go digital

December 20, 2019

Researchers, educators, students and the curious can explore the history of Florida’s Spanish missions via a new online database. Launched…Read More

Gifford Waters

Cultural Heritage

Before the Pilgrims, Floridians celebrated the ‘real’ first Thanksgiving

November 18, 2015

It’s that time of year when children make cardboard turkeys and draw the Mayflower, while we prepare to fill our…Read More

sun rise over Mantanzas Bay

Cultural Heritage

Public archaeology

October 17, 2015

Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologists enlisted the help of the public as they returned to the remains of the…Read More

foundation of the Nombre de Dios church in St. Augustine

Cultural Heritage

Unearthing a rare stone mission church in St. Augustine

May 27, 2014

Large-scale excavations are underway in St. Augustine of the 337-year-old remains of one of the largest and most ornate churches…Read More

Gifford Waters and Kathy Deagan

Cultural Heritage

Unearthing St. Augustine: America’s oldest city

December 12, 2012

Ask many Americans what they know about early colonial America, and Disney’s “Pocahontas” will probably enter the conversation. Although the…Read More

Gifford Waters on site

Cultural Heritage

Researchers unearth only stone mission church in St. Augustine

June 2, 2011

University of Florida archaeologists uncovered the remains of a more than 300-year-old building Friday in St. Augustine that may predate…Read More

Waters using sieve

Cultural Heritage

Old Spanish mission found near Gainesville

February 1, 2007

Rewind 300 years and imagine you are a Spanish colonist in Florida fleeing for your life to the protection of…Read More

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