Shell Bluff Landing Point Cloud

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 project was sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida.