The Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education  (AWIARE) is a non-profit organization (501C3) that has as its goal to promote and facilitate long-term archaeological research, scientific exploration and public education at the Weedon Island Preserve and the adjacent gulf coast region. Our Officers and Advisory Board include professional archaeologists and interested lay persons.
AWIARE exists to promote and facilitate archaeological research, scientific exploration, and public education focusing on the Weedon Island Preserve and adjacent Gulf Coast.
AWIARE embraces the values of responsible scientific archaeological research and the public benefits of archaeology.
AWIARE has set goals in three areas: research, education and operations.

AWIARE will proudly host the 2018 FAS Convention in            St. Petersburg, FL  May 11-13, 2018
 

Registration is now open for this year’s summer junior archaeology camp which is designed for children with an interest in prehistory and history as well as learning how early people interacted with their environment. Campers will learn about the importance of archaeology and will gain understanding about early natural resources that were necessary for life in the Tampa Bay region. Highlights include guest experts, tour of an archaeological site, hands-on archaeology, lab analysis, pottery making, atlatl adventure, and earning the certificate of Tommy the Tortoise, Junior Archaeologist.

Opportunities for volunteers to assist AWIARE in the field and lab are available.  For more information, contact Robert Austin at awiare1@gmail.com.

Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7-8 PM
Robert Sinabaldi, Ph.D., Paleontologist and Author Vertebrate Fossils and Cultural Modifications

Thursday, February 15, 2018, 7-8 PM
John R. Bratten, Ph.D., University of West Florida
The Discovery and Investigation of Don Tristán de Luna y Arellano’s Colony and Fleet (1559-1561)

Thursday, March 15, 2018, 7-8 PM
WINNERS, Mac Perry Public Archaeology Student Paper Competition

Thursday, April 19, 2018, 7-8 PM
Willet A. Boyer, III, Ph.D., Aucilla Research Institute
De Soto Slept Here, Not There: The Archaeology of Early Contact and Missions Sites in Northern Central Florida and the Making and Exposure of an Archaeological Hoax