Black Grouper Mycteroperca bonaci This oblong reef fish has small eyes over a protruding lower jaw, and a continuous dorsal fin that leads back to its square caudal (tail) fin. It’s an olive gray color with dark blotches and bronze hexagonal shapes on its head and sides. Like most groupers,
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Paleoindian and Archaic period uses of animals on the coast of Peru People occupying the coast of southern Peru 10,700 years before the present hunted shore birds and some fishes such as anchovies. These data suggest a coastal migration of people from Asia. This work was conducted by Susan deFran
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We participated in the Silver River Knap-In, an annual arts festival where archaeologists provide and specialists in prehistoric arts demonstrate and sell their arts. For this event, we featured the bone tool production and use in Pre-Hispanic archaeological cultures and 3D printed replicas of
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A new study by EAP alumna Ashley Sharpe and colleagues tracks how the ancient Maya used animals for food, ritual and as curiosities. See the story in Smithsonian Magazine and the related publication in PLOS One.
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Copan (University of Pennsylvania) Archaeology Project, Honduras Project Zooarchaeologist: Kitty Emery Can we reconstruct the pomp, ceremony, and rituals surrounding the death and burial of the founding rulers of the site of Copan? What were the animal foods these brave souls took with them as
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Collection manager of the EAP Nicole Cannarozzi is a member of the steering committee for a newly awarded NSF Research Coordination Network grant lead by Michal Kowalewski, Thompson Chair of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum. The grant will focus on better integrating the field of cons
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Current Courses Below is a list of the courses related to environmental archaeology that are currently taught by faculty, staff, students, and affiliates of the Environmental Archaeology Program at the University of Florida: ANT 3186 (undergraduate) and ANG 5126 (graduate): Introduction to Zoo
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Articles & Stories Dig Magazine 2013: Best in Breed (PDF) Emery, K.F., P. Cunningham-Smith, E.J. Olsen, and E.S. Wing (2013) Best in Breed. Dig Magazine January:22-25, www.digonsite.com Dig Magazine (2007): Jaguar Kings and Monkey Brothers: Animal Use Among the Maya (PDF) Em
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Florida Museum of Natural History
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Aguateca Archaeological Project Project Zooarchaeologist: Kitty Emery What did the Maya nobility do with their animals? Did they eat fancy meats and exotic shellfish? Did they display „trophy heads“ like big-game hunters today? Did they buy only the best bone needles? Did they wear only the fa
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