The Windover site is a 6000-year-old mortuary pond located near the east coast of Florida. This talk examines medicinal plant usage among the Native American people at Windover. By correlating the medicinal plants identified among the Windover burials and the pathologies identified on their remains, we can infer medicinal plant usage among this population during Florida’s distant past.
This presentation explores Maya creation stories and their re-enactments in the form of world renewal ceremonies, based on information in Classic and Postclassic (3rd through 15th centuries) painted books, ceramics, murals, carved stone monuments, and architectural features. This analysis demonstrates that, although December 21, 2012 represents the end of a long cycle of time for the Maya, it was mentioned only rarely and was not integral to their understanding of cycles of world destruction and creation.
The Crystal River site, located on the west-central Gulf Coast and dating primarily to the Woodland period (ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1000), is one of the most important sites in North America, but remains poorly understood due to the limited scope and under-reporting of previous investigations. The Crystal River Early Village Archaeological Project, a joint project between the University of South Florida and Ohio State University, seeks to remedy this problem.