UWF faculty member receives national attention for insights on the earliest US domestic cats

May 22, 2025 | UWF Newsroom

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Dr. John Bratten, a University of West Florida professor of anthropology, has received national attention for a recently published article, titled “Exploring the Arrival of Domestic Cats in the Americas,” that suggests the earliest cats may have been treated as pets.

The article, published in “American Antiquity,” a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published on behalf of the Society for American Archaeology, focuses on feline remains uncovered from the Emanuel Point II shipwreck, part of the 1559 fleet led by Spanish explorer Tristán de Luna y Arellano and discovered in Pensacola Bay.

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