Celebrating Florida Archaeology Month

Florida Archaeology Month

March is Florida Archaeology Month.

Learn about Florida’s history through the artifacts and objects found at our state parks.

These items tell the stories of the people who once lived on these lands. Learn about their challenges and their successes while gaining a greater understanding of how they interacted with the natural world. Each of these stories offers a glimpse of the unique perspective of a different time period or group of people in Florida.

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Mound platform at Crystal River Archaeological State Park.
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Dig Deep Into Archaeology in State Parks

Do you ever think about what’s under your feet? Archaeologists do! Most of what we know about Florida’s long inhabitation by Native Americans comes from the work of archaeologists who carefully uncover buried or hidden artifacts. Florida State Parks protect this archaic evidence and tell the story of the state’s past.
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Florida's Native Archaeology

For thousands of years, Florida’s history was shaped by Native Americans. From rich political societies to hunter-gatherer tribes, the Native people of Florida were as diverse as the environments in which they thrived.
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Discovering Mammoth Bones at Silver Springs

The discovery of mammoth skeletons led to an underwater archaeology expedition in the 1970s.