Department of Anthropology

Archaeology

The Department is engaged in several ongoing research projects. A major effort of direct importance to the archaeological record of southern Florida is the stabilization of the South Florida Archaeological Collection. Additional research projects are focused on the cultural development of ancient peoples in southern Florida during the pre-contact period. Pursuing a broader focus, the Neanderthals examines some of the larger questions concerning human evolution.

Cultural Anthropology

 

The Department undertook or participated in two recent cultural anthropology projects in Ecuador. During 2007 Robert Feeney journeyed into Oriente Province spending a week with the Jivaro indians where he took numerous photographs and collected a wide assortment of artifacts relating to the material culture of this once elusive tribe.

During 2008, Rudolph Pascucci participated in an ethnographic field study organized by Florida Atlantic University that focused on argicultural activity and social issues in a small fishing village along the coast of Manabi Province.

 

Department of Paleontology

The dates for the 2010 South Dakota field season will be set shortly. This years work will again be centered on our dig sites in the Hell Creek Formation from which our field teams have previously excavated a number of significant finds.