Event Details
Thursday, Mar 19, 2015
Lecture - Early Safety Harbor Communities at Weedon Island
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Dr NE, St Petersburg
Description: Christina Perry Sampson, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan
Early Safety Harbor Communities at Weedon Island
Recent excavations at Weedon Island have uncovered substantial early Safety Harbor-period deposits, dating between A.D.1000-1200. There is evidence that during the Safety Harbor period, people in the Tampa Bay area reorganized themselves socially and politically. Platform mounds were constructed that may have helped to structure new forms of interaction between and across communities. However, few archaeological sites have revealed evidence of daily life activities like those are being uncovered at Weedon Island. The preliminary results of recent fieldwork will be presented and contextualized in terms of local social organization and participation in regional processes.
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