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About the Authors:

Uzi Baram is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at New College of Florida. Baram is currently involved in Looking for
Angola, a public archaeology program seeking material evidence for an early 19" century maroon community near the Manatee
River. He lives in Sarasota with his wife and three children.

Bob Carr is a co-founder of the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, and has served as their part-time director since
1985 until his full time position in 1999. He has worked as an archaeologist with the State of Florida’s Division of Historical
Resources and with the National Park Service. He was Miami-Dade County’s first archaeologist until he was promoted to the
Miami-Dade County Historic Preservation Director in 1999. Mr. Carr holds a Masters Degree in Anthropology from Florida
State University, and was the former editor of the Florida Anthropologist and former president of the Florida Archaeological
Council. He has been the recipient of the Bullen Award and received Florida’s Historic Preservation Award in 2003.

Lori Collins is aPh.D. Candidate at the University of South Florida where she also serves as an Instructor, teaching Florida
and Historical Archaeology and as the Co-coordinator of the Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies (AIST). AIST is
a unique combination of private and public sector partners who are furthering research and development in the areas of
spatial data and survey. The group includes disciplines ofanthropology, architecture, engineering and graphic artists. Collins’
dissertation work focuses on the link between land acquisition and archaeology, with her research in the Big Hammock
portion of Pasco, Hernando and Citrus Counties.

Travis Doering is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of South Florida where he also serves as an Instructor, teaching
Museum Methods and Archaeology and as the Co-coordinator of the Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies (AIST).
Doering’s dissertation work focuses on the Formative Period in Mesoamerica. He has conducted a number of projects in both
Florida and Mesoamerica, and along with Collins is developing a three-dimensional database of carved stone monuments
from Mesoamerica, online at www.FAMSLorg.

Alison Elgart received her doctorate from Cornell University in biological anthropology. Her interests include assessing the
diet and nutrition of prehistoric people in southern Florida through skeletal remains.

Jon C. Endonino is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida researching Archaic period
mounds in the St. Johns River Valley and is Laboratory Director for Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. in Gainesville.
Jon received a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of South Florida and an M.A. in Anthropology from the University
of Florida.

Steve Kish is Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Florida State University. His research interests include
igneous and metamorphic petrology applied to the study of ore deposits, igneous petrology studies in the Appalachians and
southern Rocky Mountain regions, and use of isotopes in geochronological and geochemical studies. Steve has a Ph.D. in
Geology from the University of North Carolina.

E. Christian Wells is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. He earned his BA from Oberlin
College and his MA and PhD from Arizona State University. His research focuses on economic anthropology, archaeological
chemistry, and the origin and development of ranked societies in North and Central America. His recent publications can be
found in American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, Journal of Archaeological Research, Journal of Archaeological
Science, and Archaeometry.

Ryan Wheeler is State Archaeologist and Chief of the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. He has been involved with
the Miami Circle since 1999 when he led the State of Florida investigation of the site. Ryan grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, where
he developed a lifelong interest in the history and natural history of southern Florida. He has a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology
from the University of Florida. His research interests include prehistoric art, bone and shell tools, shell mound and wetsite
archaeology.

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