Events
Public Archaeology Lab Volunteering
FPAN Coordinating Center 207 East Main Street
March 25, 10:00:00 AM — 04:00:00 PM
The FPAN Archaeology Lab is open to volunteers throughout the year. Volunteers help rough sort artifacts recovered from local archaeological sites. No experience is needed, but all volunteers are given a brief orientation by a professional archaeologist their first day.
Lecture - Archaeology at Little Salt Spring
University of South Florida Library, Grace Allen Room (4th Floor) 4202 E Fowler Ave
March 25, 01:00:00 PM — 03:00:00 PM
Since the 1960s it has been known that Little Salt Spring, located in Sarasota County, is a drowned sinkhole over 70 meters deep, containing some of the oldest and most unique artifacts yet discovered in Florida. Wooden tools 6,000 to 10,000 years old, as well as exceptionally well preserved plant and animal remains, are submerged in anoxic spring water that has minimized decomposition of a wide range of organic remains and artifacts missing almost completely from terrestrial sites. Join Dr. John Gifford, Professor Emeritus at the University of Miami, as he discusses some of the exciting findings from this unique prehistoric deep-water site.
Osceola Florida Archaeology Month Celebration
Osceola County Welcome Center 4155 W. Vine Street
March 25, 04:00:00 PM — 08:00:00 PM
Come celebrate Florida Archaeology Month in Osceola County with TWO great events happening today! At 4pm FPAN will be presenting Paleo Florida for Kids. Stop by to learn about the environment and the big animals, or megafauna, that roamed the landscape when people first came to Florida. You\\\'ll even get a chance to learn how to hunt like these paleoindians by getting a chance to throw an atlatl! At 6pm a program for adults will feature FPAN\\\'s Kevin Gidusko presenting, \\\"Paleo Florida: The Archaeology of Florida\\\'s First Peoples.\\\" Join him to learn about the paleo environment, how people came to Florida, and what archaeology can tell us about these paleoindians who first came to Florida around 15,000 years ago.