Progress at Chinsegut Hill Project

The Tampa Bay History Center (TBHC) and Gulf Archaeology Research Institute (GARI) have partnered to investigate additional areas of the Chinsegut Hill Plantation near Brooksville, Florida.  The property is owned by Hernando County and the TBHC manages the operation...

Gulf Stream Births a Gyre!

The Gulf Stream is an important source of heat transport from the tropics and sub-tropics to the North Atlantic and eventually, the North Sea. Today’s environmental satellite image shows the warm Gulf Stream’s core (deep red) flowing off the Atlantic...

Where there’s smoke-there’s fire!!

It’s spring, in the Northern Hemisphere and that means planting crops. Some agricultural techniques involve burning the landscape as a means to clear the landscape (and add a little bit of natural fertilizer). In a number of places, slash-and-burn techniques are...

Archaeology in Peril

    Climate and Sea-level Change We hope this gets your attention. Be advised that much of our prehistory – our shared heritage – is undergoing destruction. This means the very archaeological sites that are needed to provide information about past...

New institute director looks forward — into past

Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 9:45 pm Diane Dobry For the Chronicle Seven years after doctoral student Michelle Sivilich first met Gary Ellis, she was living in Virginia and had completed her dissertation study for the University of South Florida on the Second Seminole...