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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…
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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…
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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…
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Students excavating

Cultural Heritage

Building on shells: Unraveling mysteries of Calusa kingdom

May 5, 2016

Centuries before countries such as the United Arab Emirates and China started building islands, the Calusa Indians living in southwest…
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Randell Research Center office

Cultural Heritage

Randell Research Center adds two additional Calusa mounds

March 13, 2015

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Randell Research Center on Pine Island near Fort Myers, once home to the Calusa Indians, has…
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Inuit stone carving

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A living history

November 12, 2014

By his mid-20s, Keith Reeves had traveled the world. When he settled in Florida in the 1960s, however, it was…
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