Faunal Exploitation and Translocation at Carriacou, Grenadines Grand Bay coast (Photo by Scott M. Fitzpatrick) Michelle LeFebvre has spent several years conducting fieldwork on Carriacou, a Grenadine island in the Lesser Antilles. All work on Carriacou has been a multi-institution effort, with P
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Tracking Llama and Alpaca Herding and Trade in the Southern Andes Llamas and alpacas (camelids) were a subsistence and economic mainstay of Middle Horizon (AD 600-1000) and more recent cultures in the Peruvian Andes. However, despite their economic and cultural importance, prehistoric foddering p
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In collaboration with the Florida Museum Digital Imaging Division, the Environmental Archaeology Program’s Fish Skulls Photogrammetry Project focuses on capturing detailed 3D images of neurocrania from select taxa of fishes curated in our skeletal reference collection. This project is ongoing and li
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Archaeobotany of the West Indies Lee Newsom studied native American use of plants in prehistoric West Indies (1993 University of Florida Dissertation). Lee Newsom and Elizabeth Wing are integrating the data with information on the plant and animal uses in the West Indies. This also relates to resea
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Caribbean Faunal Exploitation Thousands of Melampus sp. (coffee bean snails) recovered from a En Bas Saline feasting pit Ongoing excavations at various sites throughout the Caribbean are discovering growing evidence for overexploitation of resources, particularly fish and shellfish. This evidence
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The Florida Museum-EAP also offers many opportunities for non-traditional learning. Hands-on experiences and learning outside of the classroom are fundamental parts of environmental archaeology training. The Florida Museum-EAP offers undergraduate and graduate level internship and independent stu
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Environmental remains from archaeological sites provide important information about the long history of human-environmental relationships. The data derived from environmental archaeology research not only provides us with a rich cultural perspective, but is also a vital source of biodiversity resear
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What is Environmental Archaeology? Environmental archaeology is the interdisciplinary study of past human interactions with the natural world – a world that encompasses plants, animals, and landscapes. We seek to reconstruct ancient environments associated with archaeological sites and the use of p
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The Zooarchaeology of Herman’s Bay Project Director: Irv Quitmyer Herman’s Bay Midden (8SL1146) is located in St. Lucie County, Florida on Hutchinson Island. The midden is perched along a beach dune line in full view of the Atlantic Ocean to the east and a well-developed estuarine system of the
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On November 15, 2019, our Daniels Lab team and First Magnitude Brewing Company celebrated the launch of a Belgian witbier style brew called “Florida White,” highlighting the rare Florida White butterfly. Guests at the brewery got to try the beer, talk with researchers about their work with imperiled
with imperiled butterflies, and buy merch like glasses and shirts with the unique logo
