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LECTURE: Thursday, November 9
Four Years and Two Shipwrecks in LaSoye Bay, Dominica
Marie Meranda
Doctoral Candidate (Anthropology), University of South FloridaMaritime archaeology work began in LaSoye Bay in 2019 as a dissertation project to complement research on a settlement discovered on LaSoye’s shore during the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2016. Over years of archaeological research, we have determined that the bay is the site of an underwater and above-ground harbor that has been used for centuries. Onshore structures include a seawall, bollard (for docking ships), and an abandoned warehouse. Two sites within the bay have been identified as shipwrecks, hinting that seafaring the rough Atlantic waters of Dominica was not uncommon despite LaSoye’s small size.
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AWIARE IS ACCEPTING RESEARCH APPLICATIONS
STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS -2023 LEARN MORE ABOUT IT HERE!
AWIARE, in cooperation with the Levett Foundation, is making available up to $10,000 to provide assistance to graduate students who are conducting archaeological, historical, and paleoenvironmental research in the greater Tampa Bay region.The Weedon Island Archaeological Site (8PI1) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Use of the AWIARE Research Station is open to qualified researchers and graduate students who wish to conduct archaeological research related to Weedon Island and associated regional cultures.
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FLORIDA'S WATERY REALMS
The Weedon Island Canoe is featured in a new book by University Press of Florida, Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida’s Watery Realms. The book includes a chapter written by Phyllis Kolianos and titled, “Wood Preservation Dilemmas of Florida’s Prehistoric Saltwater Sites: Key Marco and Weedon Island” which details the preservation of the canoe. This book edited by Ryan Wheeler and Joanna Ostapkowicz is part of the Ripley P. Bullen series, and explores new discoveries and reexamines existing artifacts to reveal the influential role of water in the daily lives of Florida’s early inhabitants.To order a copy visit: www.upf.com
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LECTURE: Thursday, October 12
Climate Change and Cultural Sites in Florida
Rachael Kangas, M.A.
Director of the West Central and Central Regions, Florida Public Archaeology NetworkHow do we protect cemeteries, historic buildings, and archaeological sites that are threatened by climate change in Florida? How is it decided which sites get attention and which do not? Join the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society in collaboration with the Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education for a special presentation of how archaeologists are currently answering these questions, what significant threats are observed in Florida, and how the public can help!
Discover Weedon Island's Ancient Past
Registration is now open for the Hands-On Adult Archaeology Camps. We hope you will join us in discovering the prehistory of the Tampa Bay region.
One-week camps offered in 2024:
February 26 - March 1, and March 4 - 8!
Experience hands-on archaeology at Weedon Island Preserve, one of Florida’s preeminent archaeological sites. Work with professional archaeologists and researchers to uncover clues about the culture and lifeways of the early people who inhabited the Tampa Bay region. AWIARE offers two one-week camps where you will be part of a small group limited to eight participants each week assisting AWIARE researchers in excavation, recording data, screening sediment, and collecting artifacts, bone, and samples. You will also help sorting and processing artifacts from the excavation and other sites in the Tampa Bay area.
Archaeologists Dr. Robert Austin and Dr. John Arthur will give talks about the site and local Indigenous history.
We also will take a field trip to Emerson Point Preserve to see the Portavant Mound.
Expedition cost: $550 per week, which includes daily lunch at the AWIARE Research Station. Return campers receive a 15% discount. The camp is an active participant level with walks to and from the site over some uneven terrain.
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Video courtesy of Richard Ott and FPAN.