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Founded in 1945, the University Press of Florida is the official publisher of the State University System of Florida. UPF has published over 2,500 books since its inception and currently releases approximately 80 new titles each year. Its publishing strengths include archaeology, history, literature, Latin American studies, African American studies, space studies, sustainability, and Florida history and culture. UPF engages educators, students, and discerning readers by producing works of global significance, regional importance, and lasting value.

University Press of Florida also includes the imprint, University of Florida Press.

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The Materialization of Time in the Ancient Maya World

Mythic History and Ritual Order

University Press of Florida

This book discusses the range of ways the ancient Maya people expressed timekeeping in daily life through their architecture, arts, writing, beliefs, and practices.

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The Archaeology of Modern Worlds in the Indian Ocean

University Press of Florida

Bringing together specialists working in multiple areas of the Indian Ocean world, this volume uses a historical archaeological approach to explore the importance of the region to the emergence of modernity and globalization.

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Underwater and Coastal Archaeology in Latin America

University Press of Florida

This volume features a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to underwater and coastal archaeology in Latin America, showcasing the efforts of 82 researchers working across the region.

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Justice Pursued

The Exoneration of Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams

University Press of Florida

An in-depth look at a wrongful conviction and its landmark reversal, this book is the story of Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams, who were released in 2019 after almost 43 years in prison in the first exoneration brought about through a Conviction Integrity Unit in Florida.

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Textual and Critical Intersections

Conversations with Laurence Sterne and Others

University Press of Florida

In this collection of wide-ranging essays representing fifty years of scholarship on Laurence Sterne, Melvyn New brings Sterne into conversation with other authors from the past three centuries.

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Wild Florida

An Animal Odyssey

University Press of Florida

A captivating visual and narrative journey into the ecology of Florida’s animals, this book features brilliant wildlife photography and intimate storytelling that introduces the variety of species within the state.

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Once Upon a Time in Florida

Stories of Life in the Land of Promises

Edited by Jacki Levine
University Press of Florida, Florida Humanities

Curated from the archives of FORUM, the award-winning magazine of Florida Humanities, this anthology presents 50 often surprising and always intriguing stories of life in Florida by some of the nation’s most talented writers and scholars.

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Women across Asian Art

Selected Essays in Art and Material Culture

University of Florida Press

Filled with exquisite color illustrations, this volume examines an underserved aspect of Asian art history by discussing women artists, collectors, archaeologists, and architects whose efforts have largely been left out of scholarship.

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Dead Man's Chest

Exploring the Archaeology of Piracy

University Press of Florida

This book presents a variety of approaches to better understanding piracy through archaeological investigations, landscape studies, material culture analyses, and documentary and cartographic evidence.

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Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology

The Power of Public Engagement

University Press of Florida
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Living Ceramics, Storied Ground

A History of African American Archaeology

University Press of Florida
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