Events
Statewide Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan Regional Meeting
Mission San Luis 2100 West Tennessee Street
March 17, 01:00:00 PM — 05:00:00 PM
The primary purpose of Florida\'s historic preservation plan is to provide guidance for the implementation of sound planning procedures for the location, identification, and protection of the state\'s archaeological and historic resources. The development and implementation of a comprehensive preservation plan should assist Florida\'s preservation organizations in their efforts to protect Florida\'s rapidly dwindling historic and archaeological resources. We encourage everyone who attends, and anyone unable to attend the public meetings, to provide feedback in our online survey, via Facebook at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Florida-Comp-Plan or via email/website/letter, at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FL-Comp-Plan. The survey content is the same; however, our office is tracking the rate of response from traditional communication outlets versus social media.
Prehistoric Pottery for Adults
Gulf Coast Visitor Center Gulf Coast Visitor Center 815 Oyster Bar Lane. Everglades City, Florida 34139
March 17, 03:00:00 PM — 04:00:00 PM
FREE event *Registration Required* to ensure supplies. Call the Visitor Center to reserve your spot! Humans have been calling Florida home for over 10,000 years! But archaeologists know they didn\'t start making pottery until much later. Participants will learn how archaeologists use pottery to learn about prehistoric cultures. They will also try their hand at making a pot using the same building and decorating techniques as the Calusa over 1,000 years ago! This event is in conjunction with the Everglades National Park and will be held at the Gulf Coast Visitor Center.
Grit Tempered: Famous Women in Florida Archaeology
Hoke Library 1150 NW Jack Williams Way, Jensen Beach, FL 34957
March 17, 04:00:00 PM — 05:00:00 PM
In 1991 the book Grit Tempered: Early Women Archaeologists in the Southeastern United States was published to highlight to contributions of women who made archaeology what it is today. Since that time, the tradition of strong women archaeologists has continued. This talk presupposes a Grit Tempered II sequel and nominates five phenomenal Florida women for consideration: Kathleen Deagan (St. Augustine), Judy Bense (Pensacola), Bonnie McEwan (Tallahassee), Rebecca Saunders (Amelia Island) and Nancy White (Gulf Coast). Come learn more about these women, their enduring impact on how we understand our past, and the sites that made them famous. Sarah Miller from Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) will be presenting this lecture you won\'t want to miss. For more information on FPAN visit: http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/ecrc/index.php
CGCAS Lecture - Middle Woodland Complexity and Culture Change in Northwest Florida
Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center 1800 Weedon Drive NE
March 17, 07:00:00 PM — 08:00:00 PM
Archaeology Lecture Series - Middle Woodland Complexity and Culture Change in Northwest Florida from a Domestic Perspective - Jessica Miller, PhD Candidate, University of South Florida Throughout the Eastern U.S., the Middle Woodland was a period of increased cultural complexity. This complexity is best identified in the Apalachicola-lower Chattahoochee River region of northwest Florida through the combined presence of Swift Creek Complicated-Stamped ceramics and early Weeden Island ceramic types along with nonlocal trade items, burial mounds, and evidence of elaborate mortuary ritual. The Otis Hare site (8LI172) is a freshwater shell midden on the east bank of the Apalachicola River occupied for over one thousand years, with the most intensive occupation during the Middle Woodland period (A.D. 300-650). The site is used as a case study to characterize the Middle Woodland and examine culture change in the river valley from a domestic perspective.
Prehistoric Pottery and the Crystal River Site
Winter Park Towers 1111 S Lakemont Ave
March 17, 07:00:00 PM — 08:00:00 PM
Join Central Florida Anthropological Society as we invite Kassie Kemp of FPAN\'s West Central Region to our stage. Kemp will present Woodland Period ceramic types, forms, functions and distribution across the Crystal River site, a Woodland Period Mound Complex located in Citrus County. Her research has added to a broader understanding of pottery and its role in social interactions at the Crystal River site.