Event Details
Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021
Archaeology Lab Volunteer Day
Time: 10:00 am til 4:00 pm
Location: FPAN Coordinating Center, 207 East Main Street, Pensacola, FL 32502
Description: The FPAN Archaeology Lab is open to volunteers throughout the year. Volunteers help rough sort artifacts recovered from local archaeological sites. No experience is needed, but all volunteers are given a brief orientation by a professional archaeologist on their first day. Click the link above for more information or contact us at northwest@fpan.us!
Please note: we will be limiting the number of individuals in our lab for health and safety reasons during the Fall 2021 semester. For this reason, we are instituting an RSVP system. If you would like to join us, e-mail northwest@fpan.us with your desired date and time for volunteering. While in the Lab, volunteers are strongly recommended to wear masks, wash their hands frequently, and follow all CDC recommendations.
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FPAN is hosting this event.
Virtual Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar
Time: 5:00 pm til 7:00 pm
Location: Online; Central Time
Description: The Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar is intended to explain the advantages of conserving shipwrecks and other submerged cultural resources, not only to preserve information about our collective past, but also to preserve the vibrant ecosystems that grow around historic shipwrecks. HADS focuses on providing scuba training agency Course Directors, Instructor Trainers, and Instructors with a greater knowledge of how to proactively protect shipwrecks, artificial reefs, and other underwater cultural sites as part of the marine environment. Upon completion of HADS, participants can teach the new Heritage Awareness Diving Specialty Course, approved by PADI, NAUI, and SDI, as well as incorporate underwater historic preservation into other courses. HADS is taught in partnership with the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The cost for this program is $100; registration is available at the link above or FPAN.us/HADS. E-mail ngrinnan@uwf.edu for more information or questions.
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FPAN is hosting this event.
