Museums generally derive their prominence from their collections, and these holdings constitute the primary difference between museums and other kinds of cultural institutions. A museum’s obligation to its collections is paramount. Each object is an integral part of a scientific composite. In or
Please remember that for a non-catalogued specimen, the field label is the only link
An international team of researchers has outlined a plan for how to measure changes in key traits of animals and plants and provide these data to policymakers to improve natural resource management and keep nations on track to meet global biodiversity and sustainability goals. Monitoring species
produce a step-by-step workflow for how they can be measured in ways that directly link
The influence of climate change can already be seen in many extreme weather events, including hurricanes. Earth’s strongest storms are changing, increasing their destructive potential. Researchers continue to study satellite data and model predictions to understand what changes we will see in a futu
Changes with uncertain link to climate change Hurricanes ARE intensifying more rapidly
Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never throwing anything out that might be useful later, they often duplicate their entire genome and hang on to the added genetic baggage. All those extra genes are then free to mutate and produce new physical traits, hastening the tempo of evolution
In each case, analyses revealed a strong link between duplicated DNA and the evolution
Archaeologists have unearthed a rare trove of more than 80 metal objects in Mississippi thought to be from Hernando de Soto’s 16th-century expedition through the Southeast. Many of the objects were repurposed by the resident Chickasaws as household tools and ornaments, an unusual practice at a time
This piece of chain link has been pried apart and its edges sharpened.
CONVENTO DE SAN FRANCISCO Council, R. Bruce 1975 Archeology of the Convento de San Francisco. Unpublished MA thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida. Goggin, John 1968 Spanish majolica in the New World. Yale University Publications in Anthropology 72. Yale University Press,
at lifeways in the Americas’ first boom town MA Thesis (Latin American Studies) Link
Our biological research initiatives concerning sharks, skates and rays are numerous and diverse, ranging from studies on relative abundance and distribution, to systematics and evolutionary relationships. Diversity of chondrichthyan fishes is a major focus of research at the FPSR, where scientists a
See link HIGH QUALITY ELASMOBRANCH REFERENCE GENOMES We are working with the Vertebrate
By his mid-20s, Keith Reeves had traveled the world. When he settled in Florida in the 1960s, however, it was in many ways an alien place: No ancient monuments like the pyramids he climbed in Egypt or mountains like those on South Pacific islands where he lived as a “Navy brat,” but a wet-hot, often
By maintaining collections of their art and technology, we help provide a link to
En Bas Saline is the site of a very large classic Taíno town occupied between about AD 1200 and AD 1530. It is thought to have been the principal town of the cacique Guacanagarí, which is where Columbus established his tiny settlement of La Navidad in 1492, after the wreck of the Santa María.
MA thesis (Geography) Link: http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0011762 Cassa, Roberto
Research Alumni The following individuals studied or worked in the Environmental Archaeology Program for an extended period. This list is still preliminary, and we will soon be adding visiting researchers and photos. If you are/know of an alumnus not currently listed or have information regarding a
Anthropology, 2009 Thesis Title: Exploring Maya Ritual Fauna: Caves and the Proposed Link
