Event Details
Friday, Mar 18, 2011
Public Volunteer Days
Time: 9:45 am til 4:30 pm
Location: Heritage Park, Tuscawilla Road in Micanopy, Florida
Description: FORT MICANOPY
FEDERAL NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GRANT PROJECT
"Public Volunteer Days"
Calling all Micanopians, history buffs, archaeologists, amateurs and professionals.
Help find long lost Fort Micanopy and battle sites from 1835-1843 when Indians roamed these lands! Open to the public. Bring water. Meet at 9:45 a.m. See Flyer for dates, times and details.
Location: Heritage Park, Tuscawilla Road in Micanopy, Florida (head south through Micanopy on the main street and curve left; Park is down the road on the left across from Lake Tuscawilla). Public parking area.
Gary Ellis, Archaeologist
GARI (Gulf Archaeology Research Institute)
Crystal River, Florida (352) 564-0888
FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
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Moon Over The Mounds
Time: 8:00 pm til 10:00 pm
Location: 3400 N Museum Point Crystal River, FL 34428
Description: Moon Over the Mounds
Archaeologists and Park Staff present a moon-lit tour and interpretation of the famous Crystal River Archaeological Site
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Friends of Crystal River State Parks is hosting Moon Over the Mounds. This event is scheduled for Friday:
8 to 10 pm at the Crystal River Archaeological State Park in Citrus County. (Crystal River Archaeological Site is a world-famous pre-Columbian mound complex extending along the north shore of the Crystal River. The site is one of the most imposing prehistoric ceremonial centers on Florida’s west coast.
The Moon Over the Mounds tour this season will begin at the Park Museum at 8:00 PM. Interpretive guides tell the story of the famous Crystal River Site by torchlight as guests tour though the moon-lit mound complex. Travel back with us to AD 600 when the Crystal River site was the most important ceremonial site in the region!
The park is located at 3400 North Museum Point, Crystal River just north of the Crystal River Mall. Drive North on U.S. 19 and turn left onto State Park Street.
FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.
