Little Salt Spring underwater archeological site in Florida receives new funding

University of Miami receives $250,000 from the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice to support research expansion at archeological site in Florida

		VIDEO: This is the excavation of a 27 meter ledge at underwater archeological preserve in Little Salt Spring. Click here for more information.

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL (February 19, 2009)—The Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice has awarded the University of Miami (UM) $250,000 toward expansion of research and educational facilities at the underwater archeological and ecological preserve, Little Salt Spring (LSS), in North Port, Sarasota County, Florida. The site is of enormous archeological and anthropological value due to its antiquity and exceptional preservation of ancient organic material.