Event Details
Saturday, May 11, 2013
65th Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society
Time: 9:00 am til 5:00 pm
Location: St. Augustine, Florida
Description: The theme Ponce to The Ponce has been chosen in recognition of Ponce de Leon's 1513 landing and the location of the meeting this year, the former Ponce de Leon Hotel, now home to Flagler College.
A number of special events are planned. On Friday, a Trolley Tour with Distinguished Research Curator of Archaeology Dr. Kathleen Deagan and City of St. Augustine Archaeologist Carl Halbirt is planned. The Friday evening reception will be held at the Fountain of Youth, the location of Pedro Menendez's 1565 settlement and more than 50 years of archaeological excavations.
Flagler College, a designated National Historic Landmark, will be the setting for the paper presentations on Saturday. During the long lunch break, a number of local downtown tours will be offered. Each will give participants a glimpse of St. Augustine that few visitors get a chance to see.
The Saturday evening banquet, with Dr. Deagan as the keynote speaker, will be held at Ponce de Leon Dining Room at Flagler College. Prepared by Chef David Bearl, AAC, the menu will be the same as that enjoyed by the hotel's guests on opening night in 1888. The dining room, with its Louis C. Tiffany-designed stained glass window
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