Support Our Collections and Research We have a very active lab, with both research and teaching components but since the funding for the University and our Museum is now fairly limited, most of the money to support our research and education comes from contract investigations conducted for governme
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Ancient Maya Cuisine and Residue Analysis Project Archaeologist: Lisa Duffy What foods were prepared with ancient Maya pottery and ground stone? I am testing different methods of identifying the residues on ancient food production tools to determine what substances they may have held. Traces of
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History of the Environmental Archaeology Program The Environmental Archaeology Program (EA Program) of the Florida Museum of Natural History was initiated in 1961 by Elizabeth S. Wing as an NSF-funded research project in zooarchaeology within the Florida Museum Department of Natural Sciences. The
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The Pineland Site Complex Project Directors: Karen Walker and William Marquardt Situated on Pine Island’s northwestern shoreline within the Charlotte Harbor-Pine Island Sound region of subtropical, coastal southwest Florida is the Pineland Site Complex, the archaeological remains of one
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The collections and assistance in research are available for scholars both in and outside of the University of Florida. Consequently, a number of undergraduate and graduate students work on individual projects using the collections. Some of these studies are the basis of honors theses, Masters these
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See all Environmental Archaeology Science Research Articles Other Media Outlets How turkeys got from Mayan temples to your Thanksgiving dinner table The Washington Post November 25, 2015 Washington Post: Maya Turkeys and Thanksgiving Beyond the temples, ancient bones reveal the lives of the
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Maya Ground Stone Analysis Project Archaeologist: Lisa Duffy Ground stone tools represent the physical remains of food processing activities by the ancient Maya. As such, they are an important part of the archaeological record that can contribute much to understanding past lifeways. These grindi
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Search the EAP Comparative Collection Database The Environmental Archaeology Program maintains two types of zooarchaeological research collections. One, the reference or comparative collection, contains skeletons or shells of modern animal species used to identify zooarchaeological materials. The z
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Early Turkey Domestication Project Investigators: Erin Thornton and Kitty Emery The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is one of the most important food birds in the world, and the only indigenous animal domesticated in North/Central America. Despite the turkey’s importance to both ancient and modern
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Recovery Methods in Zooarchaeology The Environmental Archaeology Program has a long history of interest in the use of appropriate archaeological methods for the recovery of animal remains. Early research by Wing showed that recovery of the full complement of animal remains is often best achieved by
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