Events
Archaeology Day at the Phillippi Farmhouse Market
Phillippi Estate Park 5500 S Tamiami Trail
March 16, 10:00:00 AM — 01:00:00 PM
FPAN archaeologists will be on hand from 10 am to 1 pm at the market to talk with people about the archaeology at Phillippi Estate Park and the Native Americans that once lived there. They will also have hands-on activities and information about archaeology in the area. Enjoy local produce and home-made foods at the market, or take some home for a delicious and easy meal! Also, you’ll find local artisans with handicrafts, live music and the friendliest volunteers at the Welcome Tent to assist you. Over 35 vendors offer produce and plants from local growers and producers, as well as prepared foods, specialty and sustainable items, and Florida agriculturally-related products!
Undergraduate-led tours of Florida Archaeology Month Exhibit
Jane Bancroft Cook Library 5800 Bay Shore Road
March 16, 03:30:00 PM — 06:00:00 PM
On March 16th, before the Michael Twitty presentation at Sainer auditorium, New College students will lead tours of the \"Pioneers, Runaways, and Snowbirds: An Archaeology of Sarasota-Manatee\" exhibit in the lobby of the Jane Bancroft Cook Library, on the New College of Florida campus. The display is organized to celebrate the archaeo-heritage of Sarasota-Manatee for Florida Archaeology Month. The exhibit, free and open to the public during the library regular operating hours, will be on display for the entire month of March.
Archaeology Works: Grub, Gadgets + Garbage - Fishing
Southeast Branch Library, St. Augustine 6670 U.S. 1 South
March 16, 04:00:00 PM — 05:00:00 PM
Celebrate Florida Archaeology Month by learning how prehistoric peoples used animals - as food, tools and building materials. Then check out how archaeologists learn about the past through these remains by trying your hand at the same artifact analyses used by the pros! RSVPs requested: Emily Jane Murray, 904-392-7874 or EMurray@flagler.edu. 4-5pm Wednesdays March 16 - Fishing March 23 - Shells March 30 - Animals Southeast Branch Library 6670 U.S. 1 South St. Augustine, FL
Time Sifters Lecture - Culinary Justice: Defining a Theory of Gastronomic Sovereignty
Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida 5313 Bay Shore Rd
March 16, 06:00:00 PM — 07:00:00 PM
Michael W. Twitty, a recognized culinary historian and independent scholar, focuses on historic African American food and folk culture and culinary traditions. He is a living history interpreter and historic chef, one of the few recognized international experts of his craft—the re-construction of early Southern cuisine as prepared by enslaved African American cooks for tables high and low. Join Michael for a lively discussion to explore the way the preparation of food unites and divides our narratives and how we can use it for the good.
Culinary Justice: Defining a Theory of Gastronomic Sovereignty
Mildred Sainer Auditorium, New College of Florida 5313 Bay Shore Road
March 16, 06:00:00 PM — 07:00:00 PM
Join the New College Public Archaeology and Time Sifters Archaeology Society for a free, open to the public presentation by Michael Twitty on Culinary Justice. Michael Twitty, a 2016 TED fellow, will explore the way the preparation of food unites and divides our narratives and how we can use it for the good. His expertise is the foodways of African Americans in the American South. In this presentation he will share his notion of culinary justice - the idea that historically oppressed peoples have a right to authority, sovereignty, prosperity and acknowledgement of their contribution to national and global foodways.