Event Details
Thursday, Apr 21, 2016
Spring Surprise: Archaeology at Chassahowitzka Headsprings
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Weedon Island Preserve, 1800 Weedon Dr NE, St Pete
Description: Archaeology Lecture Series - Spring Surprise: Lessons Learned and Unexpected Results of the Chassahowitzka Headsprings Archaeological Assessment and Monitoring Project - Michael Arbuthnot, M.S., SEARCH
In 2013 SEARCH conducted underwater archaeological investigations and monitoring at the Chassahowitzka Headsprings in Citrus County. Although the initial underwater survey yielded a sparse artifact count, hundreds of rare objects were recovered during the monitoring phase, including a Suwannee projectile point, a bone fishhook, an intact Pasco Plain bowl, Spanish majolica fragments, hand-carved wooden paddles, a large wooden fin effigy and over 100 bottles dating from 1885 to present. The project is important not only for the cultural materials it produced, but for the lessons learned; the results of which will undoubtedly influence future underwater archaeology work in Florida springs.
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Talk: Snake Island, A Story of Time, Place, Context, and Change
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: South Florida State College, Building G, Room 101, Avon Park 33825
Description: Kissimmee Valley Archaeological and Historical Conservancy Speaker Program - Snake Island, A Story of Time, Place, Context, and Change by Steve Koski, interim Sarasota County archaeologist
The Snake Island site is a significant archaeological site that was discovered in 1994, eroding from the shore of the spoil island at the mouth of the Venice Inlet in Sarasota County, Florida. Beneath the marsh, mud-covered with spoil lay a coastal shell midden dating from the late Manasota/Weeden Island and into the Safety Harbor Period, c. A.D. 600-1500. In 2000, a Phase 1 archaeological study was conducted as part of the Sarasota Bay Restoration Project funded by the Army Corps of Engineers. In 2013 and 2014 the West Coast Inland Navigation District funded a stabilization project to protect the eroding site. Studies resulting from these projects gave further insight into the sites occupation and utilization. Snake Island is a story involving coastal habitation, discovery, long-term observations, research and interpretation, sea level rise, erosion, loss of significant cultural resources, stabilization and protection of the site.
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