Florida Museum honors 2021 Austin, Bullen student research award winners
The Florida Museum of Natural History announced the 2021 winners of the Austin and Bullen Awards for student research and…
Austin, Bullen 2020 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History and Florida Museum University Teaching Committee recently announced the winners of the 2020 Austin…
Liz Wing: A portrait in persistence
Elizabeth “Liz” Wing arrived at the University of Florida in the mid-1950s with little more than a suitcase, less than…
Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old
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Environmental archaeology receives NSF grant to curate specimens before data go ‘dark’
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Environmental Archaeology Program received a nearly $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to curate...
New data platform illuminates history of humans’ environmental impact
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Nicole Cannarozzi appointed environmental archaeology collections manager
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Austin, Bullen 2018 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2018 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
Old teeth, new stories
UF archaeologist uses Chicxulub ‘dinosaur crater’ rocks, prehistoric teeth to track ancient humans Where’s the best place to start when…
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How turkeys got from Mayan temples to your Thanksgiving dinner table
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Earliest Use of Domestic Turkeys by Ancient Maya
Science Daily
August 8, 2012
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A Vessel of Indian Culture
The Wall Street Journal
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Animal bones and the Maya drought
Science News
April 24, 2009
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Did environmental disasters play role in Mayan decline?
USA Today
November 8, 2008
www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-11-08-mayan-decline_N.htm
Maya Rituals Caused Ancient Decline in Big Game
National Geographic
November 15, 2007
www.news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071115-maya-sacrifice.html
Ancient Maya elite binged on big game, loved furs
Reuters UK
November 12, 2007
www.uk.reuters.com/article/2007/11/12/environment-guatemala-maya-dc-idUKN1248947920071112
UF study: Maya politics likely played role in ancient large-game decline
University of Florida News
November 8, 2007
www.news.ufl.edu/2007/11/08/mayan-game/
UF study of the the Maya elite
Institute of Maya Studies
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Florida Museum-led study counters ideas about Mayan elite craftworks
InsideUF
August 29, 2007
www.insideuf.ufl.edu/2007/08/29/mayan-elite/
What is that ‘Thing’?
Florida News-Leader
July 19, 2007
www.fbnewsleader.com/articles/2007/07/19/leisure/00aylwildways.prt
UF Researchers: Food At Miami Circle Site Adds To Evidence Of Sacred Spot
University of Florida News
October 16, 2002
www.news.ufl.edu/2002/10/16/miamicircle/
Zooarchaeology at Miami Circle, Florida
Florida Department of State – Bureau of Archaeological Research
www.flheritage.com/archaeology/projects/miamicircle/Artifacts/zooarch.cfm