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…
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Beyond the temples
Most of what we know about Mayan civilization relates to kings, queens and their elaborate temples. To understand what life…
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Fossils reveal humans were greater threat than climate change to Caribbean wildlife
Nearly 100 fossil species pulled from a flooded cave in the Bahamas reveal a true story of persistence against all…
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Public archaeology
Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologists enlisted the help of the public as they returned to the remains of the…
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The search for Chicaza
More than 300 years ago, the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto set out from Spanish Florida on an expedition to…
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Making sense of the past for a better future
A few miles from Lake Okeechobee, the ancient village site known as Fort Center lies on the shore of Fisheating…
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Randell Research Center adds two additional Calusa mounds
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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History Re-written: Christopher Columbus and the cannibals
Editor’s note: Five years after this story published, new evidence lent credibility to Columbus’ cannibal claims, changing researchers’ thinking on…
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A living history
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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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…
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