Florida Public Archaeology Network - West Central Region

Florida Public Archaeology Network - West Central Region The West Central region includes Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Sarasota, Hardee, Des

The West Central region includes Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Sarasota, Hardee, Desoto and Highlands counties.

We already saw a bunch of folks this past weekend at Weedon Island and the Back to Angola Festival, but we hope to see m...
03/09/2026

We already saw a bunch of folks this past weekend at Weedon Island and the Back to Angola Festival, but we hope to see more of you throughout Florida Archaeology Month! These are our public programs coming up, check our website for more details and registrations!

Florida Archaeology Month is in full swing! Yesterday we were in 2 places at once! At the Back to Angola festival in Bra...
03/08/2026

Florida Archaeology Month is in full swing! Yesterday we were in 2 places at once! At the Back to Angola festival in Bradenton and the archaeology and ethnobotany event at
It rained a bit at Back to Angola, but that couldn't stop the Junkanoo celebration!

Great archaeo-paddle yesterday at Robinson Preserve with Manatee County Parks! We have 2 more scheduled in the coming mo...
02/20/2026

Great archaeo-paddle yesterday at Robinson Preserve with Manatee County Parks! We have 2 more scheduled in the coming months, check out the Manatee County website for details!

You never know who might pop by at our Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center Volunteer Archaeology ...
01/05/2026

You never know who might pop by at our Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center Volunteer Archaeology Labs! This past year we were lucky enough to have Josie, an underwater archaeologist with the State of Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, stop by!

Today at noon!
12/11/2025

Today at noon!

A few photos from our Volunteer Archaeology Lab yesterday! We had the great fortune to have Josie Ketten, one of the und...
09/20/2025

A few photos from our Volunteer Archaeology Lab yesterday! We had the great fortune to have Josie Ketten, one of the underwater archaeologists at the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, stop by while she was in the area conducting outreach! AND our friend was kind enough to come help out too! What a fun lab day!

Fun time talking Florida native plants and animals at South Holiday Library today! Even spotted a few native plants arou...
09/06/2025

Fun time talking Florida native plants and animals at South Holiday Library today! Even spotted a few native plants around the library! Thanks to the Friends group for providing lovely refreshments. Always fun to have a snack while we talk about food

Do you have a First Lego League team? Check out the great resources at the Archaeological Institute of America! Want to ...
08/19/2025

Do you have a First Lego League team? Check out the great resources at the Archaeological Institute of America! Want to chat with an archaeologist? If you're in Florida, reach out to your local FPAN office, everywhere else, check out Skype a Scientist!
Have other resources? Put them in the comments or post and tag us so we can share!

Archaeological Institute of America

Trying to find info on our upcoming labs at Weedon Island? They switched to Ticket Tailor for event registrations and no...
08/18/2025

Trying to find info on our upcoming labs at Weedon Island? They switched to Ticket Tailor for event registrations and no longer use Eventbrite. Check the link in our bio or search "Ticket Tailor Weedon Island" for all of their events, including our labs! You can also check our website https://www.fpan.us/regions/west-central/, or Weedon Island's website
See you at the lab!

How do you organize your lab tray? Unsorted pile in the middle or towards the edge? Piles of artifact types in corners? ...
06/16/2025

How do you organize your lab tray? Unsorted pile in the middle or towards the edge? Piles of artifact types in corners? Artifacts laid out in a line or piled? The awesome students at visited last week and we got to have a mini archaeology lab with them!

Bonus pic of the table with ancient and contemporary tools!

Love how creative people get with our Pre-Contact Pottery activity! From cord-stamped and check-stamped, to incised, to ...
06/10/2025

Love how creative people get with our Pre-Contact Pottery activity! From cord-stamped and check-stamped, to incised, to a nice smooth surface, everyone makes their pottery unique!

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