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.

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

September 20, 7p
Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Ph.D., Professor, University of South Florida - New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River

October 18, 7p
Ryan M. Duggins, Ph.D., Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research - Manasota Key Offshore: A Prehistoric Cemetery in the Gulf of Mexico

November 15, 7p
Anna Dixon, Ph.D., Instructor University of South Florida, St. Petersburg - Marks of Identity: The Ethnobotany of Tattooing

December 20, 7p
Ginessa J. Mahar, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida - Ethnoarchaeology of Fishing on the Florida Gulf Coast