Event Details

Lecture- Archaeology and the Manatee River Communities

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: North Port Community United Church of Christ, 3450 S. Biscayne dr, North Port

Description: Speaker Sherry Svekis will discuss “The History Beneath our Feet - Archaeology and the Manatee River Communities.”
Until the early 20th century, the Manatee River, a waterway that extends 50 miles inland from its mouth near the entrance to Tampa Bay, was an important resource in the development of this region. In the 1840s and 50s, the village of Manatee became a thriving community while Sarasota was still a scattering of individual homesteads. Yet the Anglo-American settlement of the area is only the most visible element of our local history. There were peoples living along the Manatee River long before American settlement, peoples whose histories have been obscured by the success of the people who took their place. Svekis’ talk will recount some of the archaeological investigations that have been performed along the river over the years, and how fragments of pottery and pipes, stone points, shells and shark teeth help reveal the story of people whose names are lost to time.

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