People from as far away as the American Midwest visited Florida long before Europeans arrived. The ancient Maya may have come here, too.
Screenshot of Mayan architiecture
Keith Ashley is Coordinator of Research at the Archaeology Laboratory and an adjunct in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology for Univerisity of North Florida
Screenshot of Native American Settlement
Sandra Starr, former senior researcher at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian
Screenshot of an archaeological dig
Jerald T. Milanich is an American anthropologist and archaeologist, specializing in Native American culture in Florida.
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