Florida Archaeology Month announced

Florida Public Archaeology Network Outreach Coordinator for the Northeast Region, Amber Grafft-Weiss, reminds Historic City News readers that March begins next Tuesday — and with it, the official start of our month to celebrate archaeology.

This year’s theme is native use of plants and seeds.

To kick things off, Dr. Michele Williams from Florida Public Archaeology Network – Southeast, will be giving a lecture entitled “Weeds and Seeds: A History of Dining Out in South Florida” that will be co-hosted with the St. Augustine Archaeology Association Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. in the Flagler Room at Flagler College.

“But that’s not all,” Grafft-Weiss told Historic City News. “These and many more events are going on in our region.”

MARCH EVENTS PLANNED
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St. Augustine Archaeology Association Meeting
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 7:00 pm
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Bicycle Tour de Guana
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Camp Milton Bike Tour
Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 10:00 am
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Family Fun Day
Saturday, March 12, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Bike the Ravine Loop
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Mind, Body, and Spirit Morning
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 10:30 am
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Walk Out on Black Creek
Friday, March 18, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Historic Tolomato Cemetery Open
Saturday, March 19, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Tolomato Cemetery Lunch & Learn
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 12:00 pm
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Bike the Spruce Creek Preserve
Saturday, March 26, 2011 @ 11:00 am
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Wednesday, March 2nd, we start the first in our nine part “Archaeology: It’s Out There!” series featuring archaeologist Chris Newman, reviving her Tour de Guana offering.

Join us at 11:00 a.m. at the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuary Research Reserve for a welcome before we hit the trail and bike back into Florida’s Menorcan, British, and prehistoric past.

Want to know what to expect? Check out our sneak peek video with footage from our last visit to the preserve. For your troubles we have special prizes for the bikers who come out to show their archaeological support (hint, it’s for your bike).

Never ones to rest on our laurels, we’ll be back out Saturday, March 5th at 11:00 a.m. at Camp Milton in Jacksonville. We will meet participants and talk archaeology before biking back to location of the Civil War earthworks, discussing native plant and seed use during prehistoric and historic times.

The Florida Public Archaeology Network is dedicated to the protection of cultural resources, both on land and underwater, and to involving the public in the study of their past.

Visit their website at http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/nerc/

Regional centers around Florida serve as clearinghouses for information, institutions for learning and training, and headquarters for public participation in archaeology.