Category: Past Events

International Archaeology Day

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Saturday, October 21, 2023 - 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Be a part of International Archaeology Day with youth activities at Weedon Island Preserve. AWIARE will lead a special Youth Workshop on Ancient Pottery that is for youth ages 6 and up. Learn to make pottery like the ancient people who once lived at Weedon Island. Over 1,000 years ago, early potters made coiled pots out of clay and sand for cooking vessels and ceremonial functions. This workshop will teach youth how to form a small-coiled pot and add distinctive decorations using early techniques. Register on-line at Weedon Island Preserve Calendar/Classes.

FLORIDA ARCHAEOLOGY MONTH PRESENTATION: Dr. Michael Francis

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Dr. J. Michael Francis: "Lost Voices from St. Augustine's Parish Archive"

Join us for the final event in our celebration of Florida Archaeology Month with a talk from Dr. J. Michael Francis. Dr. Francis will introduce attendees to the oldest surviving parish records in the United States which come from St. Augustine, FL. He will highlight the early history of colonial Florida, focusing on the rich corpus of baptism, confirmation, marriage, and death records housed in St. Augustine's Diocesan Archive. He will share some of the remarkable stories that emerge from the badly damaged pages, and he will introduce a new digital archive that provides unparalleled public access to this unique collection. This presentation will be available for in-person attendance

This lecture series is located at the Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Island Dr, St Petersburg, FL 33702

Florida Conversations is free and open to the public. It is underwritten by the Tampa Bay History Center Endowment Fund at the University of South Florida with media sponsorship from WUSF Public Broadcasting. The series is co-sponsored by USF Libraries and the Tampa Bay History Center. Online reservations are encouraged.

International Archaeology Day

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International Archaeology Day at Weedon Island

Visitors were engaged at International Archaeology Day with youth activities at Weedon Island Preserve. AWIARE led a special Youth Workshop on Ancient Pottery for youth ages 6 and up. They learned how to make pottery like the ancient people who once lived at Weedon Island. Over 1,000 years ago, early potters made coiled pots out of clay and sand for cooking vessels and ceremonial functions. The workshop helped to teach youth how to form a small-coiled pot and add distinctive decorations using early techniques.  We hope you can join us next year!

2019 FAS Annual Meeting

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This Year's Conference

The 71st Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society

This year's meeting was co-hosted by the Florida Public Archaeology Network’s Central Region and the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society Crystal River. The Plantation on Crystal River served as the conference hotel and the location for organizational meetings and conference proceedings. Presentations and posters on a wide range of topics related to Florida archaeology were presented, as well as field trips to nearby sites, including Crystal River Archaeological State Park, and several archaeological sites along the river.

2018 FAS Conference

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Florida Anthropological Society

The 70th Annual Meeting was hosted by AWIARE in St. Petersburg on May 11-13, 2018

With the support of the Anthropology Program at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP), the 2018 conference was a huge success. The meeting attracted a total of 211 Florida-based and out-of-state attendees.

FAS 2018 kicked off Friday evening with a fun welcoming reception at 3 Daughters Brewery, featuring the Florida Archaeological Council’s Stewards of Heritage Awards ceremony. Saturday morning and afternoon were devoted to paper and poster presentations on the USFSP campus. In all, 65 papers and 10 posters were presented. A panel discussion on rising seas and archaeological site loss also took place during the conference. Over 20 vendors exhibited technological displays and had related books and artwork for sale during the day.

The presentation topics were far-ranging, thought-provoking, and entertaining. An enjoyable banquet and awards ceremony, highlighted by keynote speaker Dr. Michael Francis, capped off an eventful conference on Saturday evening. Over ninety individuals attended the banquet. Two local tours were held Sunday morning: 30 attendees toured the Cultural and Natural History Center at Weedon Island Preserve and hiked to the location of recent archaeological investigations at the Weedon Island site; and 28 individuals visited the four archaeological sites currently located in City of St Petersburg public parks.

AWIARE wishes to thank the FAS Board and its entire membership for all of their help and support with the event. We are honored to have served as hosts of the 2018 (70th annual) Florida Anthropological Society annual meeting.