{"id":6842,"date":"2026-05-18T08:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/?page_id=6842"},"modified":"2026-05-18T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:17:09","slug":"possible-finds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/possible-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The UCF Department of Anthropology is generally unable to evaluate, identify, authenticate, appraise, or provide dating services for found artifacts, fossils, bones, or other objects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Artifacts and Fossils:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\">For assistance, we recommend contacting the <strong data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"385\">Florida Museum of Natural History<\/strong> in Gainesville. Their research department can be reached at <strong data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"462\">352-392-1721<\/strong>. You may also visit their guidance page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu\/sflarch\/what-to-do\/\"><strong data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"565\">What To Do If You Find an Artifact or Archaeological Site<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Human Remains:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\"><span data-teams=\"true\">If you find what you think may be human remains (e.g. bones), please contact local law enforcement or your district Medical Examiner immediately. It is a felony to knowingly disturb <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.fl.gov\/historical\/archaeology\/archaeology-faqs\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com#6\">human remains<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote\">\n<h3><em>Please note that questions involving newly discovered archaeological sites, human remains, cultural resources, or artifacts found on state-owned or submerged lands may be subject to<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.fl.gov\/historical\/archaeology\/archaeology-faqs\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Florida reporting and preservation requirements<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UCF Department of Anthropology is generally unable to evaluate, identify, authenticate, appraise, or provide dating services for found artifacts, fossils, bones, or other objects. &nbsp; Artifacts and Fossils: For assistance, we recommend contacting the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. Their research department can be reached at 352-392-1721. You may also visit their [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6842","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6862,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842\/revisions\/6862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}