Earth Day at Koreshan Saturday April 24

We're looking forward to being at Koreshan State Historic Site for their Earth Day event on Saturday. It's a great, fascinating site to visit if you've never been, and the Earth Day exhibitors and events should make it well worth your while. Hope to see you there!

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Michael Wylde on the Mound 5 Dig at Pineland

At the April 21 SWFAS meeting in Bonita Springs, Michael Wylde of Randell Research Center will talk about the excavation in Mound 5 of the Pineland site. The meeting begins at 7:30; coffee and snacks are available at 7.

As usual, the talk is free, open to the public and held at the Bonita Springs Community Hall, 27381 Old US-41 in Bonita Springs.

In late December 2009, the Randell Research Center was offered an opportunity to examine Mound 5 of the Brown’s Mound Complex on property adjacent to RRC. Brown’s Mound 1, the largest mound on the Pineland site, is thought to have been surrounded by five other mounds, forming a six mound “complex.” Mound 5 is indicated on a map drawn by Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1895, before twentieth-century land modifications began.

Walking Tour May 7, sign up now!

After a hectic Archaeology Month, we've been catching up on things in the office, but there's plenty coming in the days and weeks ahead. One of the things we're most excited about is the Florida Anthropological Society conference to be held in Fort Myers May 7-9 - our FPAN center is heavily involved with a lot of the conference organizing.

There will be a great public event - an archaeology walking tour of Downtown Fort Myers on May 7 at noon - you don't have to be participating in the conference to attend. Archaeologists Marion Almy and Lee Hutchinson of Archaeological Consultants, Inc. will be leading - an opportunity that doesn't come up every day. If you're working downtown and want to learn a little about what's underfoot, it is a great use of your lunch break!

Space is limited, so call to reserve a space, the tour is free! 239-765-0202 ext. 152.