DIRECTOR
Dr. Michele Williams, RPA
sercpa@fau.edu
954-762-5174

OUTREACH COORDINATOR

Sarah Nohe

snohe@fau.edu

954-762-5183

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Micheline Hilpert
mhilpert@fau.edu
954-762-5167

PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE

ARCHAEOLOGY SITES IN

SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA

PALM BEACH COUNTY

Jupiter Inlett Lighthouse

JUPITER INLET HISTORIC & ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE & DUBOIS PARK

Jupiter, Palm Beach County

Tel: 561-747-6639

Website: www.LRHS.org

Dubois Park contains the remains of a village and shell midden occupied by the Jobe and their predecessors from 1,000 years ago.    Jonathan Dickinson, a Quaker merchant whose family and crew were shipwrecked in 1696, is through to have been held captive at this site. 

RIVERBEND PARK

Jupiter, Palm Beach County

Tel:  561-996-6625

Website: http://www.pbcgov.com/parks/locations/riverbend.htm

Riverbend park is the site of the Seminole War, Battle of the Loxahatchee, which took place on Jan. 24, 1838.  Although interpretive signage has not yet been developed there interpretation of the site is available in “Guns Across the Loxahatchee” by Richard Procyk.

BROWARD COUNTY

Indian Mound Park

SEMINOLE OKALEE INDIAN VILLAGE

Hollywood, Broward County

Tel: 954-797-5560

Website: http://www.seminoleparadise.com/okalee.aspx

The Seminole Okalee Indian Village highlights culture and history of the Seminole People. The facility introduces visitors to the Tribal ways of life through live arts and crafts demonstrations in our authentic Seminole Village.

INDIAN MOUND PARK
Pompano Beach, Broward County
Tel: 954-786-4111

Website: www.mypompanobeach.org/history/index.html

Located within this small park overlooking the Intracoastal waterway is a prehistoric Native American burial mound.  The mound has a well-marked trail with informative signage relating to the Native American occupation of the site.

LONG KEY NATURE CENTER

Davie, Broward County

Tel: 954-327-8797

Website: http://www.broward.org/parks/lknc.htm

Long Key is the largest of the 'islands' known as Sam Jones' Seven Islands.  The park consists of 157 acres of oak hammocks and restored wetlands that was, as recently as 100 years ago, part of the Everglades. Records of human settlement on Long Key date back to at least 1000BC with the Tequesta Indians.

SNAKE WARRIOR ISLAND

Miramar, Broward County

Website: http://www.broward.org/parks/pdf/sk.pdf

Snake Warrior Island historically was a tree island in the Eastern Everglades, and is now a 53 acre park.  This park was home to Seminole tribal members as early as 1828.  Interpretative signage for the historic use of this land circles a recreated marsh area.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Deering Estate at Cutler

ARCH CREEK HISTORIC & ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK

North Miami, Miami-Dade County

Tel: 305-944-6111

Website: miamidade.gov/parks/Parks/arch_creek.asp

Arch Creek park was created around a natural limestone bridge formation that was once part of an important trail first used by the Tequesta around 2,000 years ago and later by the Seminoles in the 19th century.  Middens dating to the Tequesta period and a 19th century coontie mill are also present in the park.

DEERING ESTATE AT CUTLER

Miami, Miami-Dade County

Tel: 305-235-1668

Website: www.deeringestate.com

Located along the edge of Biscayne Bay, the 444-acre Deering Estate at Cutler is an environmental, archeological and historical preserve. The Estate offers daily tours of the historic houses – the Stone House and Richmond Cottage, as well as tours of the lush natural areas where fossil bones have been found as far back at 50,000 years.

HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA

Miami, Miami-Dade

Tel: 305-375-1492

Website: www.hmsf.org

The Historical Museum of Southern Florida has numerous permanent exhibitions including “Tropical Dreams: A People’s History of South Florida.”  This exhibit explores South Florida history through five periods: First Arrivals, International Rivalry, Southward, Expansion, New People - New Technology and Gateway of the Americas.   The “First Arrivals” exhibit includes an extensive interpretation of the Miami Circle excavations.

MONROE COUNTY

Crane Point Museum, Nature Center and Historic Site

INDIAN KEY HISTORIC STATE PARK

Islamorada, Monroe County

Tel: 305-664-2540

Website: www.floridastateparks.org/indiankey/default.cfm

In 1840 Chakaika, leader of the “Spanish Indians,” led a raid on the settlement at Indian Key.  Oral traditions of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida assert that some members of their tribe are descendents of Chakaika’s group. 

CRANE POINT MUSEUM, NATURE CENTER AND HISTORIC SITE

Marathon, Monroe County

Tel: 305-743-9100

Website: www.cranepoint.net

Crane Point harbors evidence of human use dating back well over 700 years, to prehistoric Native American occupations. The first documented permanent settlers to this particular property were George and Olivia Adderley, who lived here from 1902 until 1949.