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,…
By Mike Hughes | Tampa Bay History | FOX 13 News ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – At approximately 3,700 acres, Weedon Island Preserve is an ecological jewel within an urban landscape on the shores of Old Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg. Weedon Island is known for its nature, kayak trails and walking trails, but there is…
Scallops: What They Reveal about Ancient Tampa Bay Communities
AWIARE held its first Adult Archaeology Camp February 22 – 26, 2021. Eight participants spent a week of performing archaeological activities that included field and lab experiences at Weedon Island Preserve and informative site visits. The camp enjoyed great weather the entire week. Protocol was in place for Covid-19 restrictions at all times. On Monday,…
A UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension Production with Phyllis Kolianos and Joan Landis
Forgotten Ecologies: Recent Vegetation Transformations Reveal Past Human Influence Christopher A. Kiahtipes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment, University of South Florida Humans leave lasting environmental legacies on the landscapes they occupy. From the fire-stick to the farm, human interventions in ecological process have important ramifications for future…
Being able to date archaeological sites and components are critical to documenting cultural and environmental changes through time and, more importantly, how people responded to these changes. Research supported by the AWIARE/Levett Foundation student grant has contributed new dates for the Tampa Bay region. University of Florida Ph.D. candidate Trevor Duke, obtained radiocarbon dates from…
The AWIARE Student Grants Committee selected Morgan Grieg, USFSP undergraduate student in history, to receive the 2020 AWIARE/FOWI Student Grant. Morgan will receive $1250.00 to help support an eight-week research trip to Spain to conduct original archival research in Badajoz, Zafra, and Seville on the Hernando de Soto expedition. Morgan is working under the supervision…
This winter for five Fridays you could hear the chatter and laughter as USF students strolled down the Weedon Island trails to the famous site of Weeden Island*. Fifteen students and three volunteer graduate students, including Elizabeth Southard, AWIARE’s Vice-President, worked with Dr. Arthur from USF St. Petersburg to continue their excavation of households dating…
Lindsey Parsons, graduate student in geology at the University of Georgia, was selected to receive this year’s AWIARE/Levett Foundation student research grant. The $10,000 grant will support her MS research to study how scallop harvesting practices of prehistoric Tampa Bay Native communities were affected by climate change between ~ A.D. 800 and 1850. Lindsey will…