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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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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Although we are involved with a great deal of projects across the Museum, we’re especially proud of the planning and implementation of these highlights: Florida Snake ID Guide Our most recent project was assisting our Herpetology Department in a complete revamp and upgrade of the Florida snake I
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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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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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Origins of animal domestication in the Andes The central Andes is the center of animal domestication in the New World. Llamas, alpacas, and guinea pigs were domesticated in the highlands approximately 6000 years ago. Llamas were primarily beasts of burden and were used to transport goods between
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El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala Project Zooarchaeologists: Kitty Emery and Erin Thornton How did the earliest „elite“ of the Maya world use and control their abundant animal resources to enhance their status and record their wealth? El Mirador was one of the most fabulous and developed of the Pr
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Trade of Animals among the Ancient Maya Project Investigator: Erin Thornton Have we been underestimating the extent of ancient Maya animal trade? What does this mean in terms of ancient Maya economics? As part of her PhD research in the Environmental Archaeology collections, Erin Thornton stu
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Life Before Columbus at En Bas Saline, Haiti Central Mound archaeological features Zooarchaeological materials from the En Bas Saline site, located in present day Haiti, are the primary focus of dissertation research by Michelle LeFebvre. En Bas Saline is a particularly unique site in the Cari
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Sylvia Scudder, retired collection manager, conducted extensive archaeopedological research in the Caribbean area. Here are a few of her past projects: Evidence of Sea Level Rise at the Turks and Caicos Islands Scudder, S. J. (2001) Evidence of sea level rise at the Early Ostionan Coralie site (GT
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