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
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For assistance, we recommend contacting the Florida Museum of Natural History<\/strong> in Gainesville. Their research department can be reached at 352-392-1721<\/strong>. You may also visit their guidance page: What To Do If You Find an Artifact or Archaeological Site<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n \n 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 human remains<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n \n <\/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. 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 guidance […]","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_wds_title":"","_wds_metadesc":"","_wds_focus-keywords":"","_wds_meta-robots-adv":"","_wds_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_wds_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_wds_meta-robots-index":false,"_wds_meta-robots-follow":false,"_wds_autolinks-exclude":false,"_wds_canonical":"","_wds_opengraph":[],"_wds_twitter":[],"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":9,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7629,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6842\/revisions\/7629"}],"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}]}}Human Remains:<\/h3>\n
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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 Florida reporting and preservation requirements<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n