Early Homo sapiens in Africa’s Rain Forests: An Unnatural History? Dr. Christopher Kiahtipes Ph.D., Associate Curator of the USF Herbarium; Manager of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment’s Archaeobotany and Paleoecology Laboratory 7 PM EST, IN PERSON: Roberts Recreation Center, 1246 50th Ave N, St Petersburg, FL 33703-3542 Africa’s rain…
Hokfv-Mocvse (5000-4800 BP) and the Emergence of Shell Ring Villages on the Georgia Coast Dr. Carey Garland, Assistant Research Scientist, Laboratory of Archaeology, University of Georgia In 2022, a collaborative field school between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the University of Georgia’s Laboratory of Archaeology identified the Hokfv Mocvse (Muskogean for “new sea shell”) Shell…
How to Throw a Folk Festival in 10 Easy Steps Dr. Dominick Tartaglia, State Folklorist for Florida and Director of the Florida Folklife Program Every May, the Florida Folk Festival welcomes thousands of festival goers to White Springs, Florida for one of the nation’s longest running celebrations of traditional music and arts. The story of…
Roberts Recreation Center | 1246 50th Ave N, St Petersburg, FL 33703-3542, United States The Anthropogenic Movement of Lightning Whelk Across the Eastern United States and Southern Canada Michelle Calhoun, Archaeological Consultants Inc. (ACI) Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum) have been integral to the lives of some Native People throughout eastern North America since at least…
Pop-Up Exhibits from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Archaeology Talk from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. FREE EVENT, BUT REGISTERING HELPS US PLAN BETTER, REGISTER HERE > Explore a one-day exhibit of pre-Columbian artifacts from the Tampa Bay region and beyond! Archaeologists will illustrate the use of early stone and shell tools and their importance…
Findings from Florida: Perspectives on Submerged Landscape Research from the Epicenter of the Discipline in North America Dr. Morgan F. Smith, UC Foundation Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga The State of Florida hosts the densest recorded concentration of submerged Indigenous archaeological sites in North America, possibly the world. These resources range from…
Tracing the Roots of Cultural Kinship: The Journey of Jaguar and Puma Tooth Pendants from Terra Firma to a Caribbean Island Dr. Diane Wallman, Associate Professor, University of South Florida Big cats hold symbolic significance across cultures, especially in the Americas, where felids such as jaguars and pumas are revered and respected. In South American…
Shell Midden Landscapes of the Western Atchafalaya Basin Dr. Jayur Madhusudan Mehta, Associate Professor in Anthropology, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Florida State University Monumental shell works, shell middens, and earthen mounds are found throughout the interior of the Atchafalaya Basin and just inland from the margins of the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Many of…
North America’s First Pots: Insights into Stallings Culture and Cuisine Dr. Emily Bartz, Arkansas Archeological Survey and the University of Arkansas At the intersection of clay, cuisine, and culture, pottery offers profound insights into ancient communities. In this talk, Dr. Emily Bartz explores the cultural history of the Stallings culture of the Savannah River valley,…
The Long Human History of Tampa Bay Dr. Evan Bennett People have lived in the Tampa Bay area for far longer than there has been a bay. Much of the record of human life around the bay has been left in mounds and middens or etched on its shorelines. Too often, though, in the history…