The Calusa people thrived for nearly two thousand years on Florida's hurricane-prone southwest coast. Their resilience was due to deep environmental knowledge, innovative water management systems, and ...

An ongoing project for some 20 years, Mound House complex recently completed restoration of its circa-1906 home, the oldest standing structure on Fort Myers Beach, which sits atop an ancient Calusa ...

With winds whipping, Parke Lewis hesitates to throw an atlatl, fearful it will go off course or soar farther than ever. Demonstrating how historians think the Calusa fatally injured explorer Juan ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Artificial islands may seem like a ...

Sure, you may already know that March is National Celery Month, National Cheerleading Safety Month and National Umbrella Month, but did you know it’s also Archaeology Month? For Tropicalia’s purposes, ...

Centuries before modern countries such as Dubai and China started building islands, native peoples in southwest Florida known as the Calusa were piling shells into massive heaps to construct their own ...

Fishing powered the mighty Calusa, who ruled South Florida for centuries. Now, a new study shows how sophisticatedly engineered 'watercourts' served as holding pens for live fish, sustaining Calusa ...

The Key Marco Cat, a part-feline, part-human wood carving, is one of the most intriguing Native American artifacts discovered in Florida. In 1896, archaeologist Frank Hamilton Cushing led an ...

The southwest coast of Florida boasts one of the longest and most enduring histories of coastal lifeways in North America. It is also a hurricane hotspot between the months of June and November each ...