Mission accessible: Florida’s historic Spanish missions go digital
Researchers, educators, students and the curious can explore the history of Florida’s Spanish missions via a new online database. Launched…Read More
Two former archaeology curators receive lifetime achievement awards
Florida Museum of Natural History curators emeritus Kathleen Deagan and Jerald Milanich were recently honored with 2015 lifetime achievement awards…Read More
Before the Pilgrims, Floridians celebrated the ‘real’ first Thanksgiving
It’s that time of year when children make cardboard turkeys and draw the Mayflower, while we prepare to fill our…Read More
Public archaeology
Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologists enlisted the help of the public as they returned to the remains of the…Read More
The search for Chicaza
More than 300 years ago, the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto set out from Spanish Florida on an expedition to…Read More
Unearthing a rare stone mission church in St. Augustine
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
97,000 newly acquired artifacts tell story of America’s Spanish past
Early in the 1930s, a gardener discovered a skull while planting an orange tree at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological…Read More
Unearthing St. Augustine: America’s oldest city
Ask many Americans what they know about early colonial America, and Disney’s “Pocahontas” will probably enter the conversation. Although the…Read More
Researchers unearth only stone mission church in St. Augustine
University of Florida archaeologists uncovered the remains of a more than 300-year-old building Friday in St. Augustine that may predate…Read More
Early Columbus settlement was desperate to find metals
A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus’ first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from…Read More