Students unearth history at Floyd’s Mound site

Hailey Heseltine news@greenepublishing.com The Aucilla Research Institute (ARI), based in Monticello, Fla., has been working alongside the Florida Division of Historical Resources on the Floyd's Mound site in Madison County. Floyd's Mound, located near the Aucilla River, is archaeologically significant, including a Native American mound that stands over 15 feet high and 30 feet wide. It is also the site of a possibly pre-European contact Timucua Asile town. The Timucua were among the mo