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Anthropology Students Uncovering New ScienceÌý About Ancient History

Led by ̽»¨ÊÓƵ Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Palm Beach County Archaeologist Chris Davenport, FAU Anthropology students are finding artifacts older than the pyramids in Egypt in Palm Beach County’s Loxahatchee Slough.

A recent video features findings of Fiber Temp pottery, which is the oldest pottery ever found in the southern United States. Anthropology MA student Ashley Gibson also found a drilled sharks tooth that was used as a knife by native Americans. The team has unearthed a quarter million artifacts in the Loxahatchee Slough.

All of the students featured in the video are FAU students, highlighting some of the many opportunities available to anthropology students.

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