Jacksonville Museum of Science & History
Take a trip through 12,000 years of Jacksonville history in Florida’s most extensive exhibition of regional history.Come face-to-face with the
Read moreTake a trip through 12,000 years of Jacksonville history in Florida’s most extensive exhibition of regional history.Come face-to-face with the
Read moreFort Caroline National Memorial was created to memorialize the Sixteenth Century French effort to establish a permanent colony in Florida. After
Read moreNative Americans constructed impressive structures(referred to as Indian Mounds) throughout the state of Florida for over 5,000 years. This Amerindian
Read moreThe Horr’s Island Mounds site located in southwest Florida near present-day Fort Myers represents the beginning of a new way of life for Florida’s Native Americans. Established between 3000 – 2800 B.C., not only is this one of the first permanent villages to be occupied year round but it also is the site of the oldest burial mound in the state of Florida (and perhaps North America).
Read moreTomoka Mounds is a large complex of burial mounds and shell middens that comprise one of the earliest Native American settlements on the Central East Coast of Florida. This mound construction dates back to the Mount Taylor period, around 5500 years ago. Among the more interesting things found at the site are artifacts imported from quite some distance, including a cache of six bannerstones made of materials that are native to north Georgia.
Read moreThe Guana River, Joseph Reed, and St. Augustine Shell Ring structures found in Florida represent the earliest part of the
Read moreLocated on the Cape Haze peninsula within Charlotte Harbor in southwest Florida are two very similar mound sites: Big Mound
Read moreAround 850 BC new people arrive in Florida possibly from Mexico or Central America. We know this because of something
Read moreTwenty miles southwest of Fort Center in the Lake Okeechobee basin is another equally impressive Native American site: Ortona Mounds.
Read moreThe Crystal River site is located on the Central Gulf Coast of Florida near the Three Sisters Springs. These springs
Read moreThe Letchworth Mounds by nearby Monticella in Florida are, like the Crystal River Mounds, considered a complex because there are
Read moreLake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site, one of the Florida’s most important archaeological sites, is a 41-acre excavation. It is thought to
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