Recommended resources and places to learn more about South Florida’s archaeology, history and environment:
Blanchard, Charles E. New Words, Old Songs: Understanding the Lives of Ancient Peoples in Southwest Florida Through Archaeology, illustrated by Merald Clark. Gainesville, Fla.: U. F. Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, 1995.
Edic, Robert F. Fisherfolk of Charlotte Harbor, Florida. Gainesville, Fla.: U. F. Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, 1996.
Kozuch, Laura Sharks and Shark Products In Prehistoric South Florida. Gainesville, Fla.: University of Florida, Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, Monograph 2, 1993.
MacMahon, Darcie A. and William H. Marquardt The Calusa and Their Legacy: South Florida People and Their Environments. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 2004.
Marquardt, William H. (editor) 1992 Culture and Environment in the Domain of the Calusa. Gainesville, Fla.: Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, Monograph 1. (Out of print: available on line at: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00006131/)
Marquardt, William H. (editor) The Archaeology of Useppa Island. Gainesville, Fla.: Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, Monograph 3, 1999.
Marquardt, William H. and Karen J. Walker (editors) 2013 The Archaeology of Pineland: A Coastal Southwest Florida Site Complex, A.D. 50-1710. Gainesville, Fla.: Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, Monograph 4. (Distributed by University Press of Florida.)
Brown, Robin C. Florida’s First People. Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, 1994.
Gannon, Michael, ed. The New History of Florida. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1996.
Hann, John H. and Bonnie G. McEwan. The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Luis. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1998.
Milanich, Jerald T. Florida’s Indians and the Invasion from Europe. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1995.
Milanich, Jerald T. The Timucua. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.
Milanich, Jerald T. Florida’s Indians from Ancient Times to the Present. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1998.
Purdy, Barbara A. Indian Art of Ancient Florida. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1996.
Weisman, Brent R. Unconquered People: Florida’s Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1999.
Worth, John E. Discovering Florida: First-Contact Narratives from Spanish Expeditions along the Lower Gulf Coast. University Press of Florida, 2014.
Downs, Dorothy Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1995.
Jumper, Betty Mae Legends of the Seminoles, illustrated by Guy LaBree. Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, 1994.
West, Patsy The Enduring Seminoles: From Alligator Wrestling to Ecotourism. Gainesville, Fla.: University Press of Florida, 1998.
Carr, Archie A Naturalist in Florida: A Celebration of Eden, ed. by Marjorie Harris Carr. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1994.
Florida’s Fabulous (various). A series that includes books about Birds, Butterflies, Insects, Mammals, Seashores, etc. Tampa, Fla.: World Publications.
Myers, Ronald L. and John J. Ewel, eds. Ecosystems of Florida. Gainesville, Fla.: University Presses of Florida, 1990.
Rabkin, Richard and Jacob Rabkin Nature Guide to Florida. Miami, Fla.: Banyan Books, 1978.
Video (DVD format, 29 minutes): The Domain of the Calusa: Archaeology and Adventure in the Discovery of South Florida’s Past. Gainesville, Fla.: U. F. Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, 1995.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Corner of Hull Road and SW 34th Street
On campus of the University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611
(352) 846-2000
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Big Cypress Seminole Reservation
(863) 902-1113
www.ahtahthiki.com
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road
Sanibel Island, Florida 33957
(239) 395-2233
www.shellmuseum.org
Biscayne National Park
P.O. Box 1369
Homestead, Florida 33090-1369
(305) 230-7275
www.biscayne.national-park.com
Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
3450 Ortiz Avenue
Fort Myers, Florida 33905
(239) 275-3435
www.calusanature.org
Collier County Museum
Collier County Government Complex
U.S. 41 and Airport-Pulling Road
Naples, Florida
(239) 774-8476
www.colliermuseum.com/
Everglades National Park
Various visitor locations in South Florida
Call the Shark Valley Visitor Center: (305) 221-8776
www.nps.gov/ever
Florida Aquarium
701 Channelside Drive
Tampa, Florida 33602
(813) 273-4000
www.flaquarium.org
Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research
Visit their web site at:
www.flheritage.com/archaeology/
Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory
300 Clark Drive, P.O. Box 237
Panacea, Florida 32346
(850) 984-5297
Historic Spanish Point
337 N. Tamiami Trail
Osprey, Florida (just south of Sarasota)
(941) 966-5214
www.historicspanishpoint.org
History Miami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130
(305) 375-1492
www.historymiami.org
Marco Island Historical Museum
180 S. Heathwood Drive
Marco Island, FL 34145
(239)-389-6447
http://www.themihs.info
Miccosukee Indian Museum
Inside the Miccosukee Indian Village on Tamiami Trail
PO Box 440021
Miami, FL 33144
(877) 242-6464
www.miccosukee.com/indian_village
Mote Marine Laboratory
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway
Sarasota, Florida 34236
(941) 388-4441
www.mote.org
Museum of Florida History
R. A. Gray Building
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250
www.museumoffloridahistory.com
Naples Backyard History and The Naples Indian Canal
http://naplesbackyardhistory.org/
http://naplesindiancanal.org/
Randell Research Center at Pineland – Calusa Heritage Trail
13810 Waterfront Drive (across from Tarpon Lodge)
Pineland, Florida
(GPS address: 13810 Waterfront Drive, Bokeelia, FL 33922)
(239) 283-2157
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/visit/trail
South Florida Museum
201 10th Street West
Bradenton, Florida 34205
(941) 746-4131
www.southfloridamuseum.org/
Tampa Bay History Center
801 Old Water Street
Tampa, FL 33602
(813) 228-0097
www.tampabayhistorycenter.org
Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage
For free brochure:
1-877-621-6805 (toll free)
www.trailoffloridasindianheritage.org/
Florida Humanities Council
Visit the FHC web site for information on humanities programs, grants, and more:
www.flahum.org/
Florida Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/flarch/
Historical Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/
Environmental Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/envarch/
Caribbean Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/caribarch/
South Florida Exhibits at the Florida Museum of Natural History
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/south-florida/