Shell Bluff Landing, Jan 2022

3D Model

Shell Bluff Landing is a large archaeological site located at the GTM Research Reserve. The area has been occupied for over 6,000 years, with several native cultures including the Timucua, Spanish missionaries, British colonists, Minorcans and more calling the site home. The site today still includes a dense shell midden (think big refuse pile!) and a coquina block well (constructed cir. 1800). The shoreline has been eroding for much of the 19th century and the pace today is speeding due in large part to increased traffic on the Tolomato River/Intracoastal Waterway and climate-driven impacts like increased and intensified storm events. Archaeologists with FPAN are working to document and track erosion and site changes using terrestrial laser scanning.

This scan is part of a larger project, People of the Guana Peninsula, that aims to understand and address climate change impacts to this site. Stay tuned for more scans and information about how the site is changing.