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Number 229 Sarah Bennett, Editor January 201 70th Annual Meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society St. Petersburg, Florida May 11-13, 2018 2018 Annual Meeting $135 per night. Subject to availability, this rate The 70th Annual Meeting of the Florida is offered until April 10, 2018. To make a Anthropological Society (FAS) will take place reservation, please call the Bayfront Hilton at in St. Petersburg on May 11 – 13, 2018. The (727) 894-5000 and mention the FAS 2018 70th Alliance for Weedon Island Archaeological Annual Meeting. Research and Education (AWIARE) and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg The conference rate will be available to (USFSP) Anthropology Program are honored to attendees three days before and after the host this year’s events. The conference Annual Meeting. Consider extending your stay meetings, presentations, and the banquet will be to explore and enjoy the city of St. Petersburg. held on the beautiful harbor-side campus of USFSP. Registration Registration for the Annual Meeting is now Conference Hotel open. Please visit the FAS website to register. The Bayfront Hilton, located in the vibrant The general cost is $50 and the student rate is downtown area of St. Petersburg, is within $20 (students are required to upload a picture of walking distance of USFSP. The Bayfront their current student ID). These prices are Hilton has provided a special conference rate of effective until March 17, 2018. Registration . In This Issue: 2017 Annual Meeting 1 Friday schedule 2 Saturday schedule 2-3 Call for Papers 4 Student Opportunities 4 Call for Book Donations 5 Florida Archaeology Month 5 Advocacy Alert 5 FAM posters will be distributed at the next FAS Board Meeting, which will occur on February 17th at Headquarters In Memoriam: Pat Griffin 6 Library Branch, 401 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL. Ancient Explorers Attached after this date will be accepted at an increased GOPHR Workshop rate ($60/$30 respectively). Turn YOUR Past to YOUR Advantage. Are you interested in enabling your local government On-site registration will be available at the and historical society to take charge of heritage Bayfront Hilton on Thursday (May 10th) from preservation in your community? The Florida 4:30 to 5:30. Look for an FAS information table Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) is holding in the hotel lobby, or ask about it at the front a workshop that might interest you. GOPHR desk. On-site registration will also be available workshop is a free program. Please RSVP to at the University Student Center (USC) at Tristan Harrenstein. USFSP on Friday (May 11th) between 12:00 – 4:30pm and at the same location on Saturday Friday Evening Reception (May 12th) between 7:30am – 12:00pm. On Friday evening (May 11th), the Welcome Reception and Florida Archaeological Council’s Parking: We are working on a reduced Stewards of Heritage Award Ceremony will take parking rate but, unfortunately, do not have it place from 6:00-8:00pm at 3 Daughters Brewery. available in time for this publication. Stay tuned The reception will include complimentary hors to the FAS Facebook page and conference d’oeuvres from The Tavern, beverages from 3 program for more information about near- Daughters, as well as a variety of games. campus parking on day of the conference. Transportation between the conference hotel and 3 Daughters Brewery will be provided. Friday Meetings and Workshop Friday meetings and workshop will be Saturday Presentations and Meetings located on USFSP campus. The schedule and Morning and afternoon paper and poster room assignments are as follows: presentations will take place at USFSP’s University Student Center in Ballrooms 1-3. FPAN Annual Board Meeting There are numerous restaurants featuring a Davis Hall 130 variety of cuisines located around the campus 8:00 – 12:00 and in downtown St. Petersburg, which is a short FAS Old Board Meeting distance away. Limited scheduled transportation Davis Hall 130 between the conference hotel and USFSP will be 12:30 – 2:30 provided upon request during registration. FAC Board Meeting The Chapter Representative workshop will USC Coral Room take place on Saturday. Time is to be determined. 1:30 – 2:30 Lunch will be provided. FAC General Meeting USC Coral Room The FAS Annual Business and New Board 2:30 – 3:30 Meetings will take place at the conclusion of Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage conference papers and presentations, usually USC Coral Room between 4-5pm. A FAS member quorum is 3:30 – 4:30 needed! Take your chance at raffles and door prizes. We encourage everyone to attend this GOPHR workshop meeting! USC Ocean Room 3:30-4:30 Saturday Evening FAS Awards Banquet Sunday Morning Tours At the conclusion of the presentations and On Sunday morning, conference attendees will meetings, USFSP’s University Student Center’s have the option to choose between two guided ballrooms will transform into the banquet location. tours at local archaeological sites. The cost is $20 The event will feature a cocktail hour from 6:00- per person. Light refreshments will be provided. 7:00pm with hors d’oeuvres and beverages. The Space is limited, so sign up before they fill up! plated dinner will be served at 7:00pm with the following options: 9:00 am -- City of St. Petersburg Parks Sites -- limited to 28 people • Lemon Parmesan Chicken with a Four city parks within bustling St. Petersburg White Wine and Chive sauce are home to some well-known and interesting • Cheever Orzo and Basil archaeological remains. Join AWIARE board Stuffed Portobello Mushroom members and longtime FAS gurus, Bob Austin • Halibut Saltimbocca and Dave Burns, on guided tours of the Pinellas Point Mound, Maximo Beach Midden, All entrees include roasted asparagus, rosemary Abercrombie Park and Kutler Mound, and Jungle roasted potatoes, rolls, a house salad, cheesecake, Prada Mound and Midden Complex. This will be and coffee or tea. Additional beverage options will a driving tour from place to place to learn about be available at the cash bar. the archaeology and changes that have shaped each site, as well as the City of St Petersburg’s The FAS Awards Ceremony and Keynote current efforts to preserve and interpret these Presentation will take place following dinner. The important places. Transportation will be provided. banquet cost is $40 per person. Comfortable shoes suggested. Low to moderate walking expected. Tour buses will depart from the Banquet Keynote Speaker Conference Hotel. Limited to 28 persons. Dr. J. Michael Francis is the Hough Family Endowed Chair of Florida Studies at the University 9:00 am -- Weedon Island Archaeology Tour -- of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He will present on limited to 30 people the following: Are you curious about the archaeological research that has been going on at Weedon Island? “‘Not Even the Devil Could Read This’: If so, join us for a guided tour at the beautiful Rethinking Florida's Colonial History preserve. Individuals will meet at the Weedon Island Cultural and Natural History Center to in the Digital Age" view the Weedon Island canoe exhibit. The canoe is Florida’s longest pre-Columbian dugout canoe Abstract: In this keynote address, Dr. J. Michael and the only one recovered from a saltwater Francis will introduce a new initiative to create an environment. interactive digital archive dedicated to Florida’s rich and diverse colonial past. The project, entitled The tour will continue with a brief walk to the “La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the AWIARE research station to learn about the Americas,” will launch in March 2018. Dr. Francis organization and the current research being will discuss the project’s initial phase and its long- conducted. The tour will conclude after a term aim to create an interactive database that will moderate hike to a portion of the famous Weeden make Florida’s colonial history accessible to a Island site where AWIARE and the USFSP global audience. Anthropology program have been conducting excavations. The unearthed material suggests research that contributes to our understanding of this midden area was occupied during the Safety Florida’s cultural history. Harbor period. USFSP will be working at the site beginning Spring 2018 and will have new finds Contestants must register for the conference and to discuss. submit a copy of their paper by Friday, March 30, 2018. The written paper cannot exceed 2,500 Call for Symposia, Panel Discussions, words and must be typed and double-spaced. or Other Special Programs Students are required to make an oral There is still time to arrange symposia, panel presentation, drawn directly from their written discussion, or other special programs for the paper at the FAS annual meeting on Saturday, conference. Please submit a proposal to Rebecca May 12, 2018. Past first place winners of the O’Sullivan by Friday, February 16, 2018 if you student paper prize are not eligible. are interested. Judging criteria for student papers and oral Call for Papers and Posters presentations include quality of writing, overall presentation, quality of arguments and The Florida Anthropological Society invites supporting data, and overall contribution to our the submission of abstracts for paper and poster understanding of Florida’s cultural past and/or presentations at the 70th Annual Meeting in St. present. Prizes will be awarded during the Petersburg. We encourage submissions on a Saturday evening banquet. broad range of topics pertaining to Florida anthropology, archaeology, history, and other Email questions and student paper related disciplines. Paper and poster submissions to Rebecca O’Sullivan. presentations will occur on Saturday, May 12, 2018. FAS Dorothy Moore Student Grant An abstract of no more than 100 words is The Florida Anthropological Society is required from each presenter. Individuals may making available $500 to be awarded annually to submit only one paper or poster as first author archaeology students (B.A., M.A., or Ph.D.) who for consideration.