Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Lecture Series Flyer
January 14: “Miraflores Burial Ground Study” By Adrianne Walker, MA, Historic Preservation Planner for Pensacola.
February 11: “Getting Started with Heritage Monitoring Scouts” By Mary Furlong Minkoff, PhD, RPA, Executive Director, FPAN.
March 11: “UWF Archaeological Field School 2024 and 2025” By Dr. John Worth, Professor, Dr. John Bratten, Professor, and Dr. Ramie Gougeon, Professor and Anthropology Dept. Chair, UWF.
April 8: “UWF Archaeology Institute Update on Downtown Archaeological Research” By April Holmes, MA, RPA, Facility Research Associate, UWF Archaeology Institute.
2024 Lecture Series
January 9: “Of Rodents, Roots, and Men: Evaluating the Effects of Pedoturbation on Artifacts at the Tristan de Luna Settlement Site” By Emily McMillon, MA, UWF.
February 13: “Bridging the Non-Heterosexual, Non-Cisgender Identity and Archaeology Gap In Mobile” By Jenni L. Baggett, MA, RPA.
March 12: “UWF 2023 Field School Review and Goals for 2024” By Dr. Ramie Gougeon, Dr. Greg Cook and Dr. John Worth.
April 9: “Pretended Friends and Open Enemies: Samuel Keep Jr. and the Construction of the Pensacola Navy Yard, 1825-1830” By Kevin Callahan, UWF Graduate Student.
September 10: “Old Collections, New Stories: From Hawkshaw to You!” By Ellie Minette, UWF Graduate student/FPAN Lab Assistant, Barbara Wright, PAS President, Thomas Robinson, PAS Board Member, and Tara Ray, PAS Secretary, all FPAN NW volunteers.
October 8: “Navigating Maroon Archaeology” By October 8 “Navigating Maroon Archaeology” By Bria R Brooks, MA, FPAN.
November 12: “Florida’s Creek Indians in the 1800’s” By Dan Helms, Chief of the Santa Rosa Band of the Lower Muscogee.
December 10: “Hawkshaw: The Rest of the Story” By Dr. Judy Bense, founder of the Anthropology and Archaeology programs at UWF including the Anthropology Dept., Archaeology Institute, and the Florida Public Archaeology Network. She served as UWF president from 2008 to 2017. Bense also chairs the Florida Historical Commission and has been inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame.
2023 Lecture Series
January 10: “Discovering the Battle Site of Mabila” By Ashley Dumas, PhD, University of West Alabama.
February 14: “San Pablo: The Secret Former Life on a Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck” By Nicole Grinnan, MA, RPA, Florida Public Archaeology Network.
March 21: “UWF 2022 Field School Recap and 2023 Preview” By Dr. John Worth and Dr. Greg Cook, University of West Florida.
April 11: “Colonizers and Colonized: Indigenous Allies, Neutron Activation Analysis, and the New Spanish Colonial Culture of the 1559-1561 Luna Settlement on Pensacola Bay” By Christina L. Bolte, Graduate Student, University of West Florida
September 12: “Engaging Communities in Saipan with Archaeology” By Mike Thomin, FPAN.
October 10: “Alabama Coastal Archaeology: Early Pottery, More about the Canoe Canal, and Pensacola Effigies” By Dr. Gregory A. Waselkov, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of South Alabama.
November 14: “Montpelier in 25 Artifacts: How We Use Objects to Tell Stories of the Past” By Mary Furlong Minkoff, FPAN.
December 12: “Early Spanish Colonial Forts in West Florida and the Greater Southeast: Some Patterns and Trends” By Dr. Judy Bense, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, UWF.
Spring 2022 Lecture Series
Fall 2021 Lecture Series
Fall 2020 Lecture Series
Fall 2019 – Spring 2020 Lecture Series
Fall 2018- Spring 2019 Lecture Series
Fall 2017 – Spring 2018 Lecture Series
Fall 2016 – Spring 2017 Lecture Series
Fall 2015 – Spring 2016 Lecture Series
SEPT 8, 2015 – “Dear Friends at Home”: Accounts of a Union Soldier in Pensacola. Tristan Harrenstein, UWF Graduate.
OCT 13, 2015 – Into Darkness: The Archaeology and Use of Caves in Florida. Gregg Harding, UWF Graduate Student & FPAN Public Archaeology Intern.
NOV 10, 2015 – Bricks on the Blackwater: Archaeology in Public Education at the Scott Site. Jess Hendrix, UWF Graduate Student.
DEC 8, 2015 – Blackwater Past: The Start of a Maritime Heritage Trail. Ben Wells, UWF Graduate Student.
JAN 12, 2016 – Colonial and Early American Water Management in Downtown Pensacola. Dr. Elizabeth Benchley, UWF Archaeology Institute.
FEB 9, 2016 – A French Huguenot Colony in British West Florida: The Tragedy at Campbell Town. Jennifer Knutson, UWF Graduate Student.
MAR 8, 2016 – UWF Field Schools: Summer 2015 Recap – Summer 2016 Preview: USS Massachusetts, San Pablo, and Blackwater River wrecks – Dr. John Bratten; UWF Campus historic sites and Natural Bridge Battlefield – Dr. Ramie Gougeon; Mission San Joseph de Escambe – Dr. John Worth; Arcadia Mill – Adrianne Sams.
APR 12, 2016* PAS Annual Dinner – *ticket required, dinner included*. Recent Developments in the Investigation of Luna’s 1559 Fleet. Dr. Greg Cook, UWF Department of Anthropology.
Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 Lecture Series
SEPT 9, 2014 – Draglines and Bunkhouses: The Archaeological Remains of Northwest Florida’s Cypress Logging Industry; Rebecca Booker-Demonbreun, UWF Graduate Student
OCT 14, 2014 – The Evolution of Underwater Archaeology in Madagascar and the Serapis Project; Norine Carroll, UWF Archaeology Institute
NOV 4, 2014 (note 1st Tuesday date!) – Prelude to a Portrait: The Search for Maria Belle; Margo Stringfield, UWF Archaeology Institute
DEC 9, 2014 – Illegal Cargoes and Hot Pursuits: Rum-running along the Gulf Coast; Wayne Abrahamson, UWF Dept of HistoryJAN 13, 2015 – The Rediscovery of City of Tampa, a 19th-Century Single-Screw Steamer; Andrew Derlikowski, UWF Graduate Student
FEB 10, 2015 – Living and Dying at Gabii: A Bioarchaeological Look at the Roman Suburbs (10th c BC to 3rd c AD); Dr Kristina Killgrove, UWF Dept of Anthropology
MAR 10, 2015 – UWF Field Schools: Summer 2014 Recap – Summer 2015 Preview: Emanuel Point II, USS Mass, Escambia River, & Blackwater River – Dr John Bratten; UWF Campus, Keyser Homestead, & Marianna Missions – Dr Ramie Gougeon; Mission San Joseph de Escambe – Dr John Worth; Arcadia Mill – Adrianne Sams
APR 14, 2015* PAS Annual Dinner – *ticket required, dinner included*. Vampires and the Bioarchaeology of the Undead; Dr Lesley Gregoricka, University of South Alabama
Fall 2013 – Spring 2014 Lecture Series
SEPT 10, 2013 – A Fine Wreck in Shallow Water: The Soldier Key Wreck. Allen Wilson, UWF Graduate Student and PAS Student Award Recipient.
OCT 8, 2013 – Garden Archaeology in the Colonial Fort of Pensacola: 2012 Excavations at the Governor’s Garden. April Holmes, UWF Archaeology Institute.
NOV 13, 2013 – A Journey Along the Pathway of Souls: The Native American Cosmos. (Note: Wednesday date!) Cindy Sommerkamp, UWF Archaeology Institute.
DEC 10, 2013 – Talking Smack: The Sailing Vessels of Pensacola’s Fishing Industry. Nicole Bucchino, FPAN NW Outreach Coordinator and UWF Graduate Student.
JAN 14, 2014 – Molino Mills: The Maritime Cultural Landscape of a Reconstruction-Era Sawmill in Molino, Florida. Joe Grinnan, SEARCH Dive Safety Officer/Maritime Archaeologist.
FEB 11, 2014 – Spanish Frontiers: A Study of Social and Economic Exchange Networks Present in 18th Century Spanish Missions. Danielle Dadiego, UWF Graduate Student.
MAR 11, 2014 – UWF Field Schools: Summer 2013 Recap – Summer 2014 Preview. Emanuel Point II, Escambia River, and Blackwater River by Dr John Bratten. UWF Campus Survey and Garcon Point by Dr Ramie Gougeon
APR 8, 2014 – PAS Annual Dinner – ticket required, dinner included. Prehistoric Underwater Archaeology in Florida. Dr James Dunbar, BAR Senior Archaeologist (retired).
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