Here is one of the large Calusa shell mounds at Randell Research Center on Pine Island, Florida.
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Map of southwest Florida showing location of Randell Research Center. Currently closed due to the bridge to Pine Island at Matlacha being heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian. Mound Key is the island just west of Estero, when I live.
Map showing the various sites at Randell Research Center. It was about a two-mile walk on the trails.
Side view of a shell mound at Randell Research Center.
View from one of the shell mounds looking down at Pine Island Sound. It was a nice, hot day, but it started pouring about an hour later. I got soaked.
Thick vegetation almost hiding some of the smaller shell mounds.
Calusa tools made from conch shells on display at Randell Research Center
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Primary sources, including photographs from Randell Research Center, Pine Island Florida. Part of my research for for Calusa Gold, my historical fiction novel on the Calusa Tribe in Florida
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Here is one of the large Calusa shell mounds at Randell Research Center on Pine Island, Florida.
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Map of southwest Florida showing location of Randell Research Center. Currently closed due to the bridge to Pine Island at Matlacha being heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian. Mound Key is the island just west of Estero, when I live.
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Map showing the various sites at Randell Research Center. It was about a two-mile walk on the trails.
Side view of a shell mound at Randell Research Center.
View from one of the shell mounds looking down at Pine Island Sound. It was a nice, hot day, but it started pouring about an hour later. I got soaked.
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Thick vegetation almost hiding some of the smaller shell mounds.
Calusa tools made from conch shells on display at Randell Research Center
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Thank you for reading Will Granger's Newsletter. This post is public so feel free to share it.
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