Dialogues with Florida's Past
2010-2011 Series
Sponsored by Time Sifters Archaeology Society and
New College Public Archaeology Laboratory
Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 6 pm
Last year's popular Traces of Our Past lectures laid the foundation for another exciting archaeology series at New College, free and open to the public.
“Dialogues with Florida's Past” seeks to engage the public in a discourse that will draw upon Florida’s archaeological heritage as we address contemporary concerns. It is organized to pair an archaeologist with a scholar from another discipline. Although each speaker comes to the dialogue with a different frame of reference, each shares a research or occupational interest in the topic at hand.
Associate Professor of Anthropology Uzi Baram, director of the New College Public Archaeology Lab, will serve as moderator for each program. Funding for the series comes from the Florida Humanities Council.
November 10: Climate Change
Speakers:
Dr. Ken Sassaman, Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of Florida Archaeology, University of Florida, with specialties in the Archaic Period of the American Southeast, technological change, and community patterning, including work on community responses to inundation.
Dr. Frank Alcock, Director of Marine Policy Institute, Mote Marine Lab, and associate professor of political science, New College of Florida. His current research focuses on climate and energy politics, oceans governance, seafood markets and fisheries management.
March 16: Why Save Historic Sites?
Speakers TBA
May 18: Topic TBA
All programs take place at Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Road, between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Due to limited seating, reservations are highly recommended. Contact the New College Events Office at (941) 487-4888 or email events@ncf.edu.
Time Sifters Archaeology Society was formed in 1986 and is dedicated to preservation, education and research. The society has assisted trained archaeologists in a number of excavations, sponsored and/or participated in outreach programs such as Trail of the Lost Tribes and Looking for Angola, and provided significant support contributing to the preservation of local archaeological resources. Time Sifters sponsors eight lectures each year. For more information visit the Time Sifters home page.
The New College Public Archaeology Laboratory (NCPAL) is committed to facilitating education, outreach and the study of archaeology within a broader anthropological and interdisciplinary context. As both a physical space and intellectual project curated by New College students and faculty, NCPAL is dedicated to the ethical advancement of knowledge about past human cultures and societies in order to engage with social issues of the present. Utilizing the rich resources of the region's diverse communities, NCPAL produces and disseminates valuable knowledge of our shared cultural heritage. The lab opened in the fall of 2010.
To visit the Traces of Our Past home page, click here.
Traces of Our Past
2009-2010 Series
 September 16 Coping with Rising Water in Florida for 12,000 Years
Kenneth E. Sassaman, University of Florida
To view a video of this lecture, click here.
As debate continues over the causes of global warming, the consequences of rising water levels are very real. By the end of this century, if current rates of change continue, much of the modern coastline will be inundated and near-shore aquifers infiltrated by seawater. Flooding in river basins will intensify as channels become chocked with sediment from diminished stream gradients. Communities of aquatic species will be displaced, some extirpated. Many other unforeseen and indirect changes will ensue.
 November 18
Archaeology in the Archives: The Seminole Indian Photographs of Julian Dimock, 1905-1910
Jerry Milanich, Florida Museum of Natural History
To view a video of this lecture, click here.
Archaeologists in Florida don’t always dig in the dirt. We also uncover information in libraries, museums and archives that can inform and enhance archaeological discoveries and our understanding of the past. Such is the case with nearly 2000 glass negatives found in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
 January 20
Archaeology of the Unconquered People
Brent Weisman, University of South Florida
To view a video of this lecture, click here.
Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians have been in the public eye in recent years as their economic success with casino gaming continues to make the news. Many people are aware that the Seminoles and Miccosukees lived in Florida before the modern day, but the richness of their history and culture and their connection to the land are not widely known and appreciated. Although these native people are mentioned in numerous historical documents, the archaeology of their ancient camps, villages, farmsteads, and battlefields has its own story to tell.
 March 17
Ancient Art of Florida's Native People
Barbara Purdy, University of Florida
To view a video of this lecture, click here.
Prior to approximately four thousand years ago, aboriginal Floridians used only bone or wood to create images of the animals they hunted or the deities they feared and revered. Purdy will show examples of native art produced in bone and wood, and discuss the unfortunate consequences resulting from the loss of information about Florida’s native people because most of the organic components of their way of life have not survived.
 May 19
Discovering Civil War FloridaWilliam Lees, Florida Public Archaeology Network
Using state of the art scientific tools, old fashioned dirt archaeology, unusual documents, and his camera, Dr. Lees is discovering Civil War Florida in out of the way places and in our back yards. His research is a journey that connects us to the actual events of the Civil War and Florida's veterans of this devastating conflict.
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