April 9, 2026: Jaime Rogers
From Harvest to Habitat: Oyster Harvesting, Shell Midden Formation, and Estuary Management in Tampa Bay, Florida
Jaime Rogers
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/mefkurx6
Estuaries are among the most productive and dynamic ecosystems on Earth and have long served as spaces where humans build place-based traditions through fishing and shellfishing. Centering these interactions as a multidimensional experience, this talk follows the relationships between people and oysters from harvest to habitat, including the collection, consumption, and compilation of oysters into middens and mounds. Further, this talk will discuss the relevance of coastal archaeological sites and archaeological data in contemporary estuary management.
Jaime Rogers is a recent graduate from the University of South Florida, where he received his PhD in applied anthropology. He is currently a principal investigator at the cultural resource management firm SEARCH Inc. He has authored or co-authored over 30 articles and reports. Jaime is also president of the Central Gulf Coast Archaeological Society.
