Event Details
Friday, Oct 30, 2015
Archaeology on Tap
Time: 4:00 pm til 5:00 pm
Location: Gaspar's Patio, 8448 N 56th St., Tampa
Description: What is Archaeology on Tap?
It is a casual gathering to hear from a speaker(s) and learn about different aspects of their research. This is a great opportunity to hear from grad students and faculty about current research topics.
This month, USF grad students Shaun West & Martin Menz will be sharing their research!
Mythologizing Monumentality: A Kolomoki–Creek Connection?
Conceptions of Middle Woodland ceremonial centers focus on monumentality as an act of communal ritual, though interpretations of the meanings of such ritual practices are often neglected. In contrast, we regard the monumental landscape of Kolomoki, a Woodland mound complex and village in southwestern Georgia, as a physical expression of the community’s mythologized origin, based on parallels between Kolomoki and early Creek villages diagrammed by William Bartram. Despite demographic shifts and concomitant alterations to traditions in the centuries following Kolomoki’s decline, we argue persistent features of this site plan supports links between prehistoric and historic populations in the Chattahoochee Valley.
FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
