Early Homo sapiens in Africa’s Rain Forests: An Unnatural History? Dr. Christopher Kiahtipes Ph.D., Associate Curator of the USF Herbarium; Manager of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment’s Archaeobotany and Paleoecology Laboratory IN PERSON: Roberts Recreation Center, 1246 50th Ave N, St Petersburg, FL 33703-3542 Africa’s rain forests are globally…
Hokfv-Mocvse (5000-4800 BP) and the Emergence of Shell Ring Villages on the Georgia Coast Dr. Carey Garland, Assistant Research Scientist, Laboratory of Archaeology, University of Georgia Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/3m3uhk9p In 2022, a collaborative field school between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the University of Georgia’s Laboratory of Archaeology identified the Hokfv Mocvse (Muskogean for “new sea…
7 PM EST In Person at Roberts Recreation Center 1246 50th Ave N, St Petersburg, FL 33703-3542 The Anthropogenic Movement of Lightning Whelk Across the Eastern United States and Southern Canada Michelle Calhoun, Archaeological Consultants Inc. (ACI) Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum) have been integral to the lives of some Native People throughout eastern North America…
How to Throw a Folk Festival in 10 Easy Steps Dr. Dominick Tartaglia, State Folklorist for Florida and Director of the Florida Folklife Program Every May, the Florida Folk Festival welcomes thousands of festival goers to White Springs, Florida for one of the nation’s longest running celebrations of traditional music and arts. The story of…
Findings from Florida: Perspectives on Submerged Landscape Research from the Epicenter of the Discipline in North America Dr. Morgan F. Smith, UC Foundation Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Zoom registration link: https://tinyurl.com/228vfd4s Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1128614209211051/ The State of Florida hosts the densest recorded concentration of submerged Indigenous archaeological sites in North America,…
Tracing the Roots of Cultural Kinship: The Journey of Jaguar and Puma Tooth Pendants from Terra Firma to a Caribbean Island Dr. Diane Wallman, Associate Professor, University of South Florida IN PERSON at our new venue, the Roberts Recreation Center in St. Pete, 1246 50th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33703, https://maps.app.goo.gl/SeJRTHX2efcdDQi98 Big cats hold symbolic significance…
