South Florida Archaeology & Ethnography

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  Dawn at the Calusa town now known as the Pineland archaeological site, near Fort Myers. © Merald Clark Illustration
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  Sifting basket, utility basket, and turtle-shell rattle, Seminole, Florida Ethnographic Collection. © Eric Zamora photo
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  Bone beads and perforated shark teeth, South Florida Archaeological Collection. © Jeff Gage photo, Pat Payne graphic
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  Silver bangles, Seminole, Florida Ethnographic Collection. © Eric Zamora photo
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  Stickball racquet, ball, sofkee spoon, Seminole, Florida Ethnographic Collection. © Eric Zamora photo
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  Excavations at Pineland archaeological site, 2011. © Charles O'Connor photo
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  Donna Ruhl at work on Southwest Florida archaeobotanical collections, 2010. © Karen Walker photo
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  Brown's Complex Mound 1 at the Pineland archaeological site, Lee County, Florida. © Merald Clark photo
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  Visitors enjoy Calusa Heritage Day at the Pineland archaeological site. © Gladys Schneider and William Marquardt
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  Cloth and fiber dolls, patchwork skirt, Seminole, Florida Ethnographic Collection. © Eric Zamora photo
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  Calusa Indians using seine net in Pine Island Sound. © Merald Clark Illustration
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  Wooden artifacts from Key Marco site, South Florida Archaeological Collection. © Jeff Gage photo, Pat Payne graphic
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  Assorted shell artifacts, South Florida Archaeological Collection. © Jeff Gage photo, Pat Payne graphic
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  Bone pins, shell beads, bone beads, South Florida Archaeological Collection. © Jeff Gage photo, Pat Payne graphic

Southwest Florida Synergy

For over 20 years, the Florida Museum's Southwest Florida Project has been actively involved with numerous institutions of learning, nature centers, museums, and heritage-tourism professionals. Future work will continue this cooperative tradition.

Click here to see a list of these institutional partnerships.