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Teaching with Florida Archaeology Month

Teaching with Florida Archaeology Month. What is Archaeology?. Scientific study of the human by examining remains and artifacts that people left behind Archaeological sites are messengers from the past

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Teaching with Florida Archaeology Month

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  1. Teaching with Florida Archaeology Month

  2. What is Archaeology? • Scientific study of the human by examining remains and artifacts that people left behind • Archaeological sites are messengers from the past • We try to reconstruct the past by studying the artifacts and their relationship to one another • Learn about the process of culture • Often the only way to learn about the people that came before us both those without written history or those who are not discussed in the historical record

  3. Time Scale Years Ago 0 years ago = Present (500 y.a. European) 1000 Mississippian 2000 Woodland 3000 Late Archaic 4000 5000 Middle Archaic 6000 Modern Environments 7000 8000 Early Archaic 9000 10,000 End Glacial, End Paleo 11,000 Paleo-Indians 12,000 13,000 First People in Americas 14,000 15,000 16,000 17,000 18,000 Full Glacial, megafauna First people 12,000 Europeans here 500 of 12,000 years =5% of history we have a written record Earliest sites rare Over time sites increase in size number complexity environmental setting How old are sites?

  4. Manufacturing • Compare and contrast Try comparing and contrasting these two canoe manufacturing methods: • Bobby Henry gives and a description of making a Seminole canoe- http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/folklife/awardDetails.cfm?id=36 • A great article on canoe manufacturing -http://www.fruitlands.org/collections/Dugout_Canoe_Article.pdf

  5. Transportation and Trade • Using maps of the southeast, have students create trades routes via the water to various locations. • Discuss the types of resources unique to Florida. What types of resources aren’t available in Florida that Native Floridians would trade for? • Why were waterways so important for transportation? How do we transport goods today? • What are the mechanisms used to propel a canoe? Pole, paddle, sail.

  6. Subsistence • What types of resources did canoes allow Florida’ people to access? • Using the resources that were available to them, how did Native Floridians make nets, spears, and hooks to hunt and fish with? • Research what a fishing weir is. • Can you name any cultures in Florida did not practice subsistence agriculture and instead relied on wild plants, animals, and aquatic resources for food?

  7. Toy Canoes • Talk about toys that the students might have. • Discuss the use of models to design bigger objects. • What is the differences in materials used to make toys and tools over time? • What types of artifacts would an archaeologist find that would indicate the presence of children in the archaeological record? • Make a model canoe.

  8. Canoes at Newnan’s Lake • Visit the web site for information http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/projects/canoes • Links to video and audio clips http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/expfl/canoes.html http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/folklife/voices.cfm • This a great theme to tie in geography- locate Newnan’s Lake, why is the area an important area to make and use canoes, map the waterways from Newnan’s Lake to other resources. • Research the types of dating techniques archaeologist use (brings in science). • How do archaeologists use statistics? Use the dating data and graph as an example. • What are droughts and what are the causes in nature. How would a drought affect Native Floridians?

  9. Apalachicola Trader’s Canoe • Visit the web site for more information http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/apalachicola/ • How would you go about moving something that was 50ft in length? • Why is the Apalachicola River geographically important to historic and modern Floridians? • Research historic trading companies that operated in Florida. Panton & Leslie, John Forbes. • What items did Native groups trade with the Spanish, British, and French?

  10. Seminole Canoes • Have students search the web for primary and secondary documentation on Seminole canoes Florida Memory Collection - http://www.floridamemory.com/ Everglades Digital Library- http://cwis.fcla.edu/edl/SPT--Home.php • How to the Seminoles make canoes today? • Listen to the audio clip about Seminole canoe use

  11. Stewardship/Preservation • How do archaeologists preserve wooden objects like canoes? http://nautarch.tamu.edu/CRL/Report14/index.htm • Research state laws that protect archaeological sites and artifacts on state land. http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/compliance/laws/ • Find out how to record an archaeological site. http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/sitefile/

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