Projects
8PI1753
Moog Midden (Yat Kitischee)
Phase I, II, III and lab This site was a major public archaeology project, surveyed and excavated over a three year period with Native American cooperation. We determined that the site was a Safety Harbor to Weeden Island Period coastal village, notable for its human “bundle burials.” The hamlet was occupied for over a thousand years, starting around 100 B.C. and ending around 1200 A.D.
Yat Kitischee A nice overview of the project, published by the Pinellas County Commission.
AWIARE Records maintained by the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education.
8HR48
“Cargill”
North Hardee Mine Extension (#4)
Phase III This site may have served as a base camp during the Orange Period, a cultural epoch that lasted from around 2000 B.C. to 500 B.C. Our excavations yielded useful information about Late Archaic lithic procurement and stone tool production in the Peace River drainage system. It also gave us a glimpse into what life was like at a one of these temporary, multi-activity inland habitation sites, a type of place where hunting parties and other long-range travelers made temporary layovers at pre-established camps.
8SJ46
Summer Haven (Matanzas Bridge)
Phase III and lab The discovery and excavation of this early Orange Period coastal village resulted in the recovery of 143 cultural features, including 14 human burials, and the identification of five habitation structures. Field work was conducted over a 24-week period with the movement of 50,000 cubic feet of soil. Subsequent laboratory analysis, conducted over a three-year period, revealed that the fiber-tempered pottery found at the site was radio-carbon dated to 4,070 years old (+-60 years), which puts it to about 2100 B.C., making it some of the oldest pottery ever discovered in the United States.
I-4 Tampa Interstate Study
Phase I, II A total of 35 pre-historic and historic sites were discovered during this overland survey, including 8HI515 (Muck Pond East Site) and, notably, an encampment of Billy Bowlegs, leader of the Florida Seminoles during the Seminole Wars. Our crew conducted this archaeological survey as part of the Interstate 4 widening project, the largest interstate highway expansion in the nation. Subsequent investigations within urban Tampa and rural Hillsborough County resulted in the designation two historic districts and a National Historical Landmark.
Florida Turnpike Extension
Phase I, II We surveyed six alignment alternatives for the Florida Department of Transportation along a 40-mile trek through rural and wildland Florida. A total of 27 cultural resources were recorded, including two National Register eligible archaeological sites.
8SM128
West Pasture Site
Lab This Late Archaic to Mississippian Period occupation site (800 to 1500 A.D.) included a lithic and ceramic scatter that contained over 16,000 artifacts.
8VO634
Cobblestone Village South
Lab We excavated some interesting artifacts, faunal remains and cultural features from this shell midden, which dates to the Late Archaic Period to St. John’s Period (circa 2500 B.C. to 1000 A.D.).
8HI13
Fort Brooke / Lightning Arena Site
Phase II, III and lab This Second Seminole War site (circa 1840 A.D.) revealed pre-historic cultural features, historic artifacts and human burials relating to Fort Brooke, a U.S. military encampment that preceded the city of Tampa. The discovery of the human burials — combined with the site’s location in downtown Tampa — drew considerable public attention during the excavation.
Avon Park Air Force Range
Phase I A sampling survey of this 106,000-acre tract was designed to test a predictive model developed by the United States Air Force on the basis of environmental variables and historic maps. The survey resulted in the documentation of 35 pre-historic and historic sites.
Participated in over 50 cultural resource assessments throughout Florida and the southeastern United States