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Traces of Cuba exhibit opening at the Ybor City Museum State Park

Time: 5:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: Ybor Museum State Park, 1818 E 9th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605

Description: Head on out to the Ybor City Museum State Park on October 20th for the unveiling of a new exhibit that highlights Cuba's role in shaping Tampa's cultural heritage. Festivities include Cuban food and entertainment in the Museum Garden and presentations from notable experts on the history of Tampa's early Cuban immigrant communities.

For more information contact information@ybormuseum.org or 813.247.1434

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Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar

Time: 6:00 pm til 9:00 pm

Location: Riviera Beach, FL

Description: The Fall 2016 Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar will focus on providing Course Directors, Instructor Trainers, and Instructors with a greater knowledge of how to proactively protect shipwrecks, artificial reefs, and other underwater cultural sites. Upon completion of the Seminar, attendees will be able to teach the Heritage Awareness Specialty Course (approved by NAUI, PADI, and SDI) and will know how to promote sustainable underwater heritage tourism in their area.

The seminar will include two evenings of classroom-based learning on Wednesday and Thursday, October 19th and 20th. Cost for the course is $100 per participant. For more information or to reserve a spot, contact Nicole Grinnan at ngrinnan@uwf.edu or (850)595-0050 ext. 103

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Lecture - Mounded Rituals: The Long History of Palmetto Mound

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center, 1800 Weedon Dr NE, St Pete

Description: The long-lived Palmetto Mound on Hog Island is an important burial mound north of Cedar Key in Levy County, Florida. Recent research indicates that the site and the island were dedicated to mortuary activity at least as early as 2400 BP as part of a network of small, evenly-spaced mortuary sites along the coast. Palmetto Mound was gradually enlarged and elaborated upon until intense ritual activity accompanied the construction of the monumental Shell Mound (8LV42) to the west between 1550-1350 BP. This phase ended abruptly and was followed by a dramatic shift in ritual practices from 1300-1000 BP that included dense deposits of bundled human burials, elaborate Weeden Island mortuary pottery and rare effigies, and exotic materials. Activity at the burial mound waned during the Mississippian Period (ca. 1000-1500 BP) and was eventually discontinued.

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