Event Details
Thursday, Feb 16, 2017
Lecture: What's Cookin':Food Preferences of Prehistoric People
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center, 1800 Weedon Dr NE, St Pete
Description: Archaeology Lecture Series - What's Cookin': Identifying the Food Preferences of Prehistoric People in Coastal Northeast Florida by Vicki Roland, MA, University of North Florida
Zooarchaeology studies begin with the identification and quantification of faunal remains. To understand patterns of cultural choice, it is necessary to place an assemblage of such remains within the contexts of time, zoology and biology, climate, and environment. This presentation will discuss how such contextual interpretations are achieved through the identification of the skeletal elements of vertebrate food remains and by using prey age and size to identify capture methods and equipment. By comparing these observations between local sites, we have learned the range of faunal selections favored by the St. Johns II (A.D. 900-1300) people in the estuaries of Northeast Florida.
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