Event Details
Tuesday, Nov 6, 2018
SAAA Lecture: Florida's Dugout Canoes
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Flagler Room, Flagler College
Description: Florida's Dugout Canoes: Why Does Gainesville Have More Than St. Augustine?
Presented by Julie Duggins, Tallahassee Office Principal, Paelowest Archaeology
Florida is home to the densest concentration of archaeological canoes in the world. Surprisingly, ancient dugouts are not spread out evenly across the state but are concentrated in north central Florida. Archaeologists have long assumed the patterns in distribution are due to organic preservation and the large number of lakes in the region. But what if the answer, instead, is more about human behavior and ancient transportation routes? This talk will examine patterns in Florida's archaeological canoes, and it will propose a hypothesis to explain why there are so many dugouts concentrated in just one part of the state.
This lecture is part of the St. Augustine Archaeological Association's monthly meeting. It is free and open to the public.
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FPAN is hosting this event.
