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Upcoming Lecture: February 9, 2023 at 7 PM
Indian Slavery and Maronnage in Early Modern Florida
Theodora LightThis presentation analyses instances of Indian maronnage across La Florida and the circum-Caribbean during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. As Indian slavery spread across the Spanish and English territories, distinct communities of displaced peoples appear across the historical record. Using the frameworks of maronnage, this presentation examines the role of these communities in the early colonial south.
Theodora Light is a PhD student in History at the University of Georgia. Her research centers on Indigenous Florida, particularly how Indian slavery affected Florida and the wider South during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. She currently works as a graduate teaching assistant but has experience and training in the field of public history.
To participate, please register at https://tinyurl.com/4p3bh673
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2022 AWIARE / LEVETT GRANT RECIPIENTS
The AWIARE/Levett Foundation grant is awarded yearly to graduate students who are pursuing research topics in Tampa Bay archaeology, history, or environmental science. The 2022 award was divided between three worthy students.
Theodora Light, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, will receive funding to support her research on the seventeenth-century Tocobaga diaspora as part of a larger pattern of displaced Indigenous settlements across Florida in the aftermath of European contact.Melissa Price is pursuing her Ph.D. at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Using non-burial data from the Manasota Key Offshore site in Sarasota County, Melissa will use non-burial materials to evaluate sea-level rise and study the factors that resulted in the preservation of 7000-year-old human remains.
Richard Davis will receive funds to support his comparative study of fishing technologies used by Safety Harbor and Caloosahatchee Indigenous groups. Richard is pursuing a MA degree at the University of Central Florida.
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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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