Peter J. Ferdinando

I hold a Ph.D. in Atlantic History from Florida International University and an M.A. in Anthropology from Florida Atlantic University. I am interested in how history and archaeology can inform us about the past, and the ways that specialized sub-disciplines, such as ethnohistory and bioarchaeology, can contribute to that understanding.

In-progress Monograph Project:

  • “Rich from the Sea”: Indigenous Wrecking and the Rise of Florida’s Ais Native Americans in the Atlantic World, A.D. 1200-1711.

In-progress Papers:

  • “‘Intend Rather the Pillaging the Spanish Wrecks’: Caribbean Buccaneers, North American Salvagers, Florida Native Americans, and the Atlantic Consequences of the Late Seventeenth-century Treasure Hunting Boom.”
  • “‘They Had Come 20 Leagues This Way’: The Spanish Garrison of Puerto del Socorro and Santa Lucía, and the Ais, Jeaga, Jobe, Guacata, and Santa Lucía Native Americans.”
  • “‘Treasure more Valued than Pearls, Silver, and Gold’: Florida Native American-European Ambergris Trade in the Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century Atlantic World.”

Journal Articles:

  • “‘Hid the Town from the Sea’: Spanish Attacks, Buccaneer Raids, Indigenous Wrecking, and Ais Towns, 1565-1696.” The Florida Anthropologist 75 (June 2022): 139-152.
  • “‘Recovered amber…at the cost of my royal estate’: Ambergris, Florida Governors, and the Spanish Crown, 1592-1657.” The Latin Americanist Annals Issue 66 (March 2022): 65-80. http://doi.org/10.1353/tla.2022.0005
  • “Bibliography of Human Skeletal Remains Curated by Florida Atlantic University: Rediscovered Osteological Materials and an Updated Accounting of Research.” The Florida Anthropologist 71 (May 2019): 77-92. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00027829/00243/images/24
  • “A Translation History of Fontaneda.” Florida Historical Quarterly 89 (Fall 2010): 210-251. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29765167
  • “A Preliminary Review and Bibliography of Human Skeletal Remains Curated by the Palm Beach Museum of Natural History.” The Florida Anthropologist 60 (March 2007): 39-49.
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