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