AWIARE recently completed the initial phase of a multi-phase project to identify and study submerged archaeological sites in Tampa Bay. A report documenting the first systematic effort to identify terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene sites beneath Tampa Bay was submitted to the Felburn Foundation, which provide a $12,000 grant to help underwrite the project. This…
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…
In April, members of our board of directors, along with members of Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society, assisted the City of St. Petersburg’s Parks and Recreation Department with work at Maximo Point. Shoreline erosion had exposed a portion of the water line pipe in the park. We placed two units at the entrance and exit…
University of Florida Ph.D. student, Trevor Duke, is analyzing pottery from the Tierra Verde mound (8PI51) in the Lyman Warren Collection curated at AWIARE. This research is being funded in part by an AWIARE/Levett Foundation Grant. According to Trevor, “Tierra Verde’s assemblage is unparalleled for a site in this region for its diversity in style,…