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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...
GARI awarded a National Park Service grant of $20,000 for coastal resilience and vulnerability assessment
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) has awarded a grant to GARI in the amount of $20,000 to evaluate archeological sites in Citrus County beginning in the fall of 2020 and ending in August 2021. The project, Rapid Midden Assessment of...
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 coastline. A few...
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 human...
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...
Changing of the guard – Longtime director of archaeological institute stepping aside
Diane Dobry Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 9:43 pm While he won’t be retiring anytime soon, Gary Ellis, founder and director of the Gulf Archaeology Research Institute (GARI), has turned leadership responsibilities for the organization over to former Assistant Director...
Connecting past and future At archaeological institute, uncovering means more than digging
By Buster Thompson Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 9:34 pm History — how a place came to be — can be easily forgotten in today's hectic, everchanging world. For a group of archaeologists based in Citrus County, understanding and preserving past societies and landmarks...
Ocala helps with Fort King grant Cash, in-kind services pledged
By Susan Latham Carr Staff writer Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 7:02 p.m. In order to apply for a State of Florida Historic Preservation Special Category Grant to help reconstruct the fort at the Fort King Historic Landmark site, the Ocala City Council had...
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