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ACRA Workshop: Bringing it to the People: Making Archeology Public

Time: 10:00 am til 12:00 pm

Location: American Cultural Resource Associaiton Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg

Description: The Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) plays a large role in creating community interest and support for archaeological research projects and site preservation throughout the state. Archaeologists with FPAN are employing a diverse set of strategies, from building relationships with local governments and organizations, to employing new technologies to reach a wider audience. This workshop will look at several case studies of successful projects implemented by FPAN that engage local communities and ethnic groups, build interest in archaeological research and resource management, and generate political support for cultural resource management, all crucial elements in developing a sustainable future for the CRM industry. The second half of the workshop will be devoted to a roundtable discussion that is intended to engage ACRA members and other participants with FPAN representatives on increasing the relevance of archeology to the general public and devising creative partnerships for cultural resource management in the future.

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FPAN is co-hosting this event.

Archaeology Works: Shells

Time: 10:00 am til 1:00 pm

Location: Amelia Island Museum of History

Description: Come learn about common Florida gastropods and bivalves! You will discover how they were used by Native Americans and how archaeologists use them to learn about the past. Workshop includes lecture and activities.

For more information or to register, contact Ryan Harke at rharke@flagler.edu or 904-669-3800.

FPAN is co-hosting this event.

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Literacy and Language ot the Timucuan Peoples

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: Flagler Room, Flagler College

Description: n a presentation by Flagler College Professor of Religion Dr. Timothy Johnson and University at Albany-SUNY Professor of Anthropology Dr. George Aaron Broadwell, the levels of literacy of these early people are shown to be higher and more independent from European influences than previously thought.

The first segment of the talk, presented by Dr. Johnson, is entitled “The Devil is in(to) the Details: Confessions and Timucuan Education.” Johnson will discuss the efforts of Spanish missionary Fray Francisco Pareja. Through Pareja’s works, the Timucua were engaged in an education system that combined texts in Spanish, Latin, and Timucuan.

Broadwell will continue the presentation with a talk entitled “Shadow Authors: The Texts of the Earliest Indigenous Florida Writers,” which will look at a set of bilingual Timucua-Spanish Christian materials that date from 1612-1635. Broadwell discovered that the Timucua versions of the texts have subtly different content than the Spanish parallels. The conclusion, argues Broadwell, is that the Spanish were not sole authors of the texts—unnamed Timucua writers were actually co-authors.

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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.