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Continuing Education Class: The Archaeology of Native Americans in FL

Time: 10:00 am til 12:00 pm

Location: Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church, 2902 W Fletcher Ave Tampa, FL 33618

Description: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) presents a continuing education class entitled Explorers, Innovators, Artisans and Engineers: The Archaeology of Native Americans in Florida for adults aged 50+

This class is instructed by FPAN West Central's own Becky O'Sullivan

Florida's native peoples didn't leave behind written records for us to learn about their cultures but they did leave behind important information in the form of artifacts that archaeologists can study. In this course, we will explore more than 14,000 years of Native American history and archaeology throughout the state of Florida with a focus on archaeological sites around the Tampa Bay area. Lectures will focus on the changing technology and culture of Native American groups throughout Florida and give participants the opportunity to see artifacts from these different cultural time periods first-hand.

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Lecture: Gradiometers, Copper Plates & Mounds: History of Etowah Site

Time: 6:00 pm til 7:00 pm

Location: Selby Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota 34236

Description: Time Sifters Archaeology Society Lecture Series - Gradiometers, Cooper Plates & Mounds: A History of the Etowah Site (9Brt) by Dr. Adam King, Research Associate Professor, SC Institute of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of South Carolina

The Etowah site is a large town built by Native Americans before the coming of the Europeans in the northern part of the modern state of Georgia. It is a big and impressive place, and it was an important place in the early history of the Deep South. Etowah was a major center in the Mississippian civilization that flourished from as early as 1000 CE to as late as 1600 CE. This forgotten Native American civilization is responsible for large cities, great monuments, and elaborate works of art, just like other civilizations of the world. Etowah's history was complex and included multi-ethnic beginnings, an unexplained abandonment, the arrival of foreigners, attacks by invaders, and even a visit by early Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. In this presentation, Dr. King will discuss what traditional archaeology, remote sensing, and iconographic studies have revealed about the site and the people who built it.

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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.