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Read more about the article International Archaeology Day 2025

International Archaeology Day 2025

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025 Pop-Up Exhibits from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Archaeology Talk from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.…

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Read more about the article The Search for Tampa Bay’s Earliest People Project Update

The Search for Tampa Bay’s Earliest People Project Update

WORK IN PROGRESS Kendal Jackson and Bob Austin have been pulling together archaeological and geological data on Tampa Bay in…

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Read more about the article THE SEARCH FOR TAMPA BAY’S EARLIEST PEOPLE

THE SEARCH FOR TAMPA BAY’S EARLIEST PEOPLE

  THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF TAMPA BAY During the 1960s & 1970s, local avocational archaeologists collected Paleoindian (ca. 11,000 years…

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Read more about the article JUNIOR ARCHAEOLOGY SUMMER CAMP 2024

JUNIOR ARCHAEOLOGY SUMMER CAMP 2024

AWIARE is planning an exciting new archaeology summer camp at Weedon Island Preserve designed for children 7-11 years old who…

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Read more about the article Featured on Fox 13 News: Discovering Weedon Island’s Past

Featured on Fox 13 News: Discovering Weedon Island’s Past

Discovering Weedon Island’s Past Fifteen hikers recently got to walk out to an archeological dig site on Weedon Island where…

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Read more about the article Michael Francis Appointed to Florida Historical Commission, Honored by the King of Spain

Michael Francis Appointed to Florida Historical Commission, Honored by the King of Spain

A history professor known for his groundbreaking research and archival work on early Spanish Florida has been appointed to the…

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Read more about the article Weedon’s Prehistoric Past Gives Glimpse to Native American Culture

Weedon’s Prehistoric Past Gives Glimpse to Native American Culture

By Mike Hughes | Tampa Bay History | FOX 13 News ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - At approximately 3,700 acres, Weedon…

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Digging into Weedon – Part II

Scallops: What They Reveal about Ancient Tampa Bay Communities

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Read more about the article HANDS-ON WEEDON

HANDS-ON WEEDON

AWIARE held its first Adult Archaeology Camp February 22 – 26, 2021. Eight participants spent a week of performing archaeological…

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Digging into Weedon

A UF/IFAS Pinellas County Extension Production with Phyllis Kolianos and Joan Landis

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