Event Details

Junior Archaeologist Summer Camp Session 1

Time: 9:00 am til 3:00 pm

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

Description: Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Research and Education (AWIARE) in partnership with Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) will again hold two “Hands on Weedon” archaeology camps at Weedon Island during the summer of 2019. These camps are designed for students interested in exploring the past. All camps are conducted by professional archaeologists, including educators from FPAN and allow kids to experience archaeology first-hand through activities, experiments, hikes, and even a real excavation.

This summer camp is designed for children with a strong interest in prehistory and history as well as in learning how early people interacted with their environment. Campers will learn about the importance of archaeology and will gain understanding about early natural resources that were necessary for life in the Tampa Bay region. Highlights of the camp include guest experts, a tour of an archaeological site, hands-on archaeology, lab analysis, pottery making, atlatl adventure and earning the certificate of Tommy the Tortoise, Junior Archaeologist.

For more information, see the link below or contact Becky at rosulliv@usf.edu or go to www.awiare.org

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FPAN is hosting this event.

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Once Hidden, Now an Attraction: Newtown Heritage is Alive in Sarasota

Time: 12:00 pm til 1:30 pm

Location: Jane Bancroft Cook Library, 5800 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243

Description: Come out to the Jane Bancroft Cook Library on New College Campus for a presentation on Newton, one of Sarasota's oldest African American communities and its heritage revitalization.

This presentation will explore the legacies of segregation for the landscapes of Sarasota, highlight the achievements of Newton Alive, and suggest opportunities for expanding heritage tourism.

The speaker is Uzi Baram, a New College of Florida Profesor of Anthropology, he has analyzed the history for the first black community in the region (the early 19th-century maroon community of Angola on the Manatee River), and led a Spring 2017 historic preservation project with New College students at the Wright Bush House, on of the historic homes on the Newtown Heritage Trail.

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

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