Gulf Archaeology Research Institute’s

Publications and Reports:


*More reports to be added soon

2023

Ellis, Gary, Dean, Jonathan, Principe, Jill, Norman, Sean, and Nash, Kenneth
2023    Chinsegut Hill Archaeological and Historic Research Study. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2021

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2021    Chucochatti: Conflict at the Red Town, 1836. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute. A Report for the American Battlefield Protection Program.


2020

Ellis, Gary, Sean Norman, Jonathan Dean, and Kenneth Nash
2020    Archaeological Investigations of the Fort King Blacksmith Shop. GARI Field Studies 2020-1. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Dean, Jonathan, Sean Norman, Gary Ellis, and Ken Nash
2020    Battle of Wahoo Swamp, 1836. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2019

Principe, Jill, Ken Nash, and Gary Ellis
2019    Archaeological Monitoring of the Seawall Replacement and Repair at the Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Citrus County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Studies 19-3. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2017

Dean, Jonathan, and Sean Norman
2017    Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of the SECO Blitchton Substation Expansion, Marion County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Study 2016-1. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Principe, Jill, Norman, Sean, and Gary Ellis
2017    Chinsegut Hill Plantation Archaeological Excavation Historic Preservation Grant #S1726. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Sivilich, Michelle, Sean Norman, and Jonathan Dean
2017    Fort King Road: Battlefields and Baggage Trains. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute. Prepared for the American Battlefield Protection Program.

Sivilich, Michelle, Gary Ellis, Sean Norman, Jonathan Dean, Jill Principe, and Kenneth Nash
2017    An Archaeological Investigation for the Reconstruction of Fort King. GARI Field Studies 2017-1. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2016

Dean, Jonathan, and Sean Norman
2016    Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of the Airport-Martel Transmission Line, Marion County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Study 2016-2. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Norman, Sean
2016    Archaeological Monitoring of Proposed Development, Burgess Island, Lee County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2015

Principe, Jill, Gary Ellis, Kenneth Nash, Michelle Sivilich, and Barry Billets
2015    Bayport: Embattled Confederate Port. GARI Field Research Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute. Prepared for the American Battlefield Protection Program.

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2015    Fort King East Side Erosion Control Project. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2014

Principe, Jill, Gary Ellis, Ken Nash, Michelle Sivilich, Jonathan Dean, Barry Billets, and Sean Norman
2014    Chinsegut Hill Archaeological and Historical Landscape Study. GARI Field Research Study 2014-2. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

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2014    Battles of the Withlacoochee River, the Second Seminole War 1835-1836, Historic and Archaeological Study. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2013

2013    Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of the Proposed Public Boat Ramp, Cross-Florida Barge Canal, Citrus County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2012

Homosassa Springs-Ellie Schiller Wildlife State Park Sediment Survey. 


2011

Ellis, Gary D, C. S.  Monaco,  Jonathan Dean,  Ken Nash, and Jill Principe   
Fort Defiance-Fort Micanopy:  The Study of the Opening Battles of the Second Seminole War.  American Battlefield Protection Grant 2255-08-007, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program, Washington, D.C.


2010

Ellis, Gary D.
2010    Archaeological Monitoring for the Proposed Canoe Launch Facility, Bayport, Hernando County, Florida. Miscellaneous Studies 10-6. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Ellis, Gary D., Michelle D. Formica, Kenneth A. Nash, Jill C Principe, and Jonathan Dean
2010    Fort Dade (8Pa25) Archaeological Site. American Battlefield Protection Grant, US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, American Battlefield Protection Program, Washington DC. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Chris S. Monaco, Kenneth A. Nash, Jonathan Dean, and Jill C. Principe
2010    Fort Defiance/Fort Micanopy and the Opening Battles of the Second Seminole War 1835-36, Historic and Archaeological Study, Volume I. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Ellis, Gary, C.S. Monaco, Ken Nash, Jon Dean, and Jill Principe
2010    Fort Defiance/Fort Micanopy and the Opening Battles of the Second Seminole War 1835-36, Historic and Archaeological Study, Volume II. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

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2010a    The Condition and Status of the Cultural Resources within the Coastal Resources Zones, Withlacoochee Bay Trail, Greenways and Trails, Citrus County, Florida. Action Report. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

2010b    Application of LIDAR Imaging to Determine Potential Cultural Resouce Locations In the Vicinity of Site 8Ci1, Crystal River State Archaeological Site, Crystal River Preserve State Park, Citrus Count, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Series 10-2. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

2010c    The Condition and Status, Potential Cultural Resource Features, North of Site 8Ci1, Crystal River State Archaeological Site, Crystal River Preserve State Park , Citrus County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Series 10-1. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


2009

Ellis, Gary D., Michelle D. (Formica) Sivilich, Kenneth A. Nash, Jill C Principe, and Jonathan Dean
2009    Phase I Archaeological Study of the Fort King Park Site (8Mr60), City of Ocala, Marion County, Florida. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.

Gulf Archaeology Research Institute
2009    Proposed RV Park Expansion, Re-Evaluation of Site 8Ci66, Citrus County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Series 09-04. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Ellis, Gary D., Michelle (Formica) Sivilich, Jonathan Dean, Ken Nash, and Jill Principe
Fort King Park Phase I Archaeological Study Grant F0801, City of Ocala, Planning Department, Ocala, Florida 34478.

Ellis, Gary D., Jill Principe, Kenneth Nash
Cultural Resources Assessment:  Hernando County, Florida. Hernando Historical Association, Hernando Historical Society and Museum, Hernando County Planning Department, Hernando Tourism and Development Department, Brooksville, Fl  (GARI Research Series No. 12).

Dean, Jonathan, Phase I Cultural Resources Survey, Cypress Lakes Preserve Trailhead, Hernando County, Fl, Hernando County Planning Department. (GARI Misc Study 09-02).

Ellis, Gary D.
Research Series Number 13.  Navigating Wooden Boats, An Illustrated Glossary of Terms.  First Printing, 1996.  Re-printed 2009.


2008

Ellis, Gary D.
2008    Storm Damage Assessment – Tree Fall, Crystal River State Archaeological Park, Crystal River, Florida. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Ellis, Gary D., and Jill C Principe
2008    Hernando County Cultural Resource Protection Assessment. Hernando County, Department of Tourism and Development. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.

GARI Field Study, Action Report:  The Condition and Status of the Wash Island Site 8Ci42, Crystal River Preserve State Park. Produced for Crystal River Preserve State Park, Citrus County, Florida.

GARI Field Study, Action Report:  The Condition and Status of the Luttrell and Drum Island Sites 8Ci104, 8Ci1169-1181, Crystal River Preserve State Park.  Produced for Crystal River Preserve State Park, Citrus County, Florida.

GARI Field Study Cultural Resources Assessment, 2.3 Acre Primerica Tract, Citrus County, Florida, July 2008.

Report of Findings  Fort Dade (8Pa25) Archaeological Study  Submitted to the Seminole Wars Historic Foundation Inc. and Florida Department of State, Division of Historic Preservation.

Nash, Ken, GARI Educational Program-Upgrade the Rainbow Springs Educational CD, Rainbow Springs Aquatic Preserve 19152 SW 81st Place Road, Dunnellon, Florida 34432.


2007

Ellis, Gary D, Ken Nash, Jonathan Dean, and Michelle (Formica) Sivilich
2007 Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment of the Parsonage Point Tract, Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park.

Dean, Jonathan A.
2007 Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of the Wildlife Care Building Tract, Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Citrus County, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Jonathan Dean, Ken Nash, and Michelle (Formica) Sivilich
2007 Archaeological Survey of the Florida Greenways and Trails Property between the barge canal and Withlacoochee River.

Ellis, Gary D, Jonathan Dean, and Ken Nash
2007 Cultural Resources Study of Two Areas Within the Beverly Hills DRI, Citrus County, Florida To Beverly Hills Development Corporation.

Ellis, Gary D., Jonathan Dean, and Kenneth Nash
2007    Cultural Resources Study of the Coastal Resource Zone, Citrus County, Florida. GARI Field Study. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Ellis, Gary D., Jonathan Dean, and Kenneth A. Nash
2007    Archaeological Reconnaissance Study of North Ozello Marsh Archipelago Tract, Crystal River Preserve State Park, Citrus County, FL. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Michelle D. Formica, Kenneth A. Nash, and Jonathan Dean
2007    Archaeological Study of the Fort Dade Site (8Pa25), Pasco County, Florida. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Kenneth A. Nash, Jonathan Dean, and Charles Taylor
2007    Rainbow River Sediment Study for the Southwest Florida Management District. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.


2006

Ellis, Gary D., Jonathan Dean, Ken Nash, and Henry Smith
2006 Cultural Resources Assessment of the Proposed Rainbow River Preserve, Dunnellon, Marion County.


2005

Dean, Jonathan, Gary Ellis, and Ken Nash
2005  A Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of the Aripeka Estates Parcel, Pasco County, Florida.


2004

Ellis, Gary D., Jonathan Dean, and Randy G. Martin. 
2004.  Geomorphology of the Crystal River State Buffer Preserve, Citrus County, Florida.  GARI Field Study. Prepared for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, District 2, Gainesville, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Randy G. Martin, and Jeffery Sowards. 
2004 Rainbow Springs Re-Vegetation Project, Final Report.  Prepared for the Rainbow Springs Aquatic Preserve, Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee.

Ellis, G. D.
2004 Historic Context for the Seminole Wars 1813-1858. Produced for the Seminole Wars Foundation, Inc. and Florida Department of State, Division of Historic Preservation. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, FL.

Ellis, Gary D. and Jonathan Dean
2004 Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Inter-Island Group, St Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve, Crystal River State Buffer Preserve, Citrus County, Florida.

Dean, Jonathan, Gary D. Ellis, Randy Martin, and Kenneth Nash
2004 Archaeological Reconnaissance of the South Withlacoochee Tract, St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve/Crystal River State Buffer Preserve, Citrus county, Florida. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, GARI Field Study, Crystal River, Florida.

Dean, Jonathan, Gary Ellis, and Ken Nash
2004  A Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of the Rankin Property, Pasco County, Florida.

Dean, Jonathan, Gary Ellis, and Ken Nash
2004 A Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment Survey of the Lexington Estates Property, Marion County, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D.
2004 Storm Damage Assessment on Mound G, Crystal River State Archaeological Park, Crystal River, Florida.


2003

Dean, Jonathan and Gary D. Ellis
2003 Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Scrub Jay Tract, St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve/Crystal River State Buffer Preserve, Citrus County, Florida. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, GARI Field Study, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D. and Jonathan Dean
2003 Churchhouse Hammock Trail Boardwalk Reconnaissance Survey.  St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve/Crystal River State Buffer Preserve, Crystal River, Florida.  GARI Miscellaneous Series 03-10, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Jonathan Dean and Randy Martin
2003 Displaced Midden Recovery Project, Crystal River Mounds State Archaeological Site.  Crystal River State Archaeological Site, Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Parks and Recreation, Crystal River, Florida.  GARI Miscellaneous Series 03-11, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Randy G. Martin, and Ken Nash 
2003  Simply Beautiful..a natural history overview of the Rainbow Springs and Spring Run.  Prepared for the Rainbow Springs Aquatic Preserve, Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee.


2002

Ellis, Gary D. and Randy G. Martin 
2002.  Geoarchaeological Study: Fanning Springs Restoration Project. GARI Field Study. Prepared for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, District 2, Gainesville, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Bennett, Kory, Martin, Randy, and Charles Taylor
2002 Phase II Test Excavations at Camp Izard Battlefield, Tastanaki Halpata Preserve, Marion County, Florida.  GARI Field Study, Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, Florida.


2001

Ellis, Gary D., Russell A. Dorsey, Kory Bennett, Randy Martin, and Charles Taylor
2001 Stabilization and Restoration of Three Sites on the Withlacoochee River and Bennett’s Creek. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, GARI Miscellaneous Series Number 01-2, Crystal river, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Dean, Jonathan, and Bennett, Kory
2001 Archaeological Survey of the Scrub Jay Tract and Restoration of Sites 8Ci419 and 417, St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve/Crystal River State Buffer Preserve, Citrus County, Florida.  GARI Miscellaneous Series 01-3, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Bennett, K, Dorsey, R., Martin, R.  Four Wildlife Management Units in the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area, Dixie and Taylor Counties, Florida.

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2001  Select Research Notes: Prehistory, Contact Period, and the Seminole Wars- Historic Context. GARI Miscellaneous Series. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.


1999

Gulf Archaeology Research Institute
1999    Final Report: An Archaeological Study to Locate the Stockade Walls of Historic Fort King. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute.

Ellis, G. D., R. Dorsey, R. Denson, K. Nash, and R. Martin
1999    Final Report: An Archaeological Study to Locate the Stockade Walls of Historic Fort King. Submitted to City of Ocala. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Crystal River, FL.

Ellis, Gary D.
1999 Summary Report for the Crystal River State Archaeological Site Seawall Restoration Report.


1998

Ellis, Gary D. and Robin L. Denson
1998 Cultural Resources Notebook for the St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve/Crystal River Buffer Preserve, Citrus County, Florida. Department of Environmental Protection, St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve, Crystal River, Florida.

Ellis, Gary D., Robin L. Denson, Russell Dorsey, Ken Nash, Randy G. Martin, and Jeanne Ellis.
1998  Spring Vent Sediment Removal Project, Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Citrus County, Florida. GARI Miscellaneous Series Number 98-4.

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1998  An Archaeological Study to Locate the Stockade Walls of Historic Fort King. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, Ocala, Florida.


1997

1997 Archaeological Study of the Camp Izard Tract, Marion County, Florida.  GARI Field
Study prepared for the Seminole Wars Historic Foundation, Inc., through the Florida Department of State, Bureau of Historic Preservation.

Dorsey, Russell A.
1997 Predicted Sea Level Changes, Florida Gulf Coast Over the Past 21,000 years. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute, GARI Research Series Number 9, Lecanto, Florida.

1997 Laboratory Reference Guide for American Bottle Glass of the 19th & 20th Centuries, GARI Research Series Number 3, Lecanto.

Ellis, Gary D., Denson, Robin L., Dorsey, Russell A., Jones III, James R., and Jeanne E. Ellis
1997 The Archaeological Study of the Camp Izard Tract, Marion County, Florida. Gulf Archaeology Research Institute Field Study funded by a grant through the Florida Department of State, Bureau of Historic Preservation for the Seminole Wars Historic Foundation, Inc.

Denson, Robin L., Gary D. Ellis, and Russell Dorsey
1997 Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins, The Archaeological and Historical Study of the State Historic Site.


1996

Ellis, Gary D., Robin Denson, et al
Ellis Archaeology, Berryman and Henigar, and Conway Conservation, Inc
1997, Old Bellamy Road at River Rise State Preserve (work done in 1996, published in ’97)

Ellis, Gary D, Denson, Robin, Walker, Karen, illus Ellis, Jeanne
1996, Archaeological Survey of The Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Lee County’s Division of Public Parks and Recreation Services.

[From 1992-1995 GARI was known as Ellis Archaeology]

1995

Ellis, Gary D., Dorsey, Russell A., and Robin L. Denson
1995 Phase II Archaeological Study of Citrus County, Florida, Citrus County Board of County Commissioners, Office of Historical Resources, Inverness, Florida.


1994

1994 Archaeological Study, Fort King Site (8Mr60), North Tract, City of Ocala, Marion County, Florida.  Prepared for the City of Ocala, Florida.


1993

Ellis, Gary D., Russell Dorsey, and Robin Denson
1993 Phase I Archaeological Study of Citrus County Florida.  Citrus County Board of County Commissioners, Office of Historical Resources, Inverness, Florida.  Vols I-II.


1992

Denson, Robin and Gary D. Ellis
1992 Preliminary Analysis of Archaeological Site Records for the Cross Florida Barge Canal.  Uni­versity of Florida, Gainesville.

Ellis, Gary D.
1992 Cultural Resources Survey of Three Proposed Disposal Sites in Duval County, Florida.  Ellis Archaeology, Lecanto/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville.

1992 Archaeological Reconnaissance of an Unknown Steamer (Nee Reindeer) in the Withlacoochee River, Citrus County, Florida.  Ellis Archaeology, Lecanto, Florida.