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Tuesday, March 14, 2023: Dr. Keith Ashley
THE MILL COVE COMPLEX: DAILY LIFE, FEASTING, AND FARAWAY CONNECTIONS
Located near the mouth of the St. Johns River in northeastern Florida, the Mill Cove Complex was one of the most significant Indigenous communities in Florida 1,000 years ago. While daily life centered around the exploitation of estuarine resources, these fisher-hunter-gatherers also engaged in long-distance interactions that resulted in the acquisition of copper, stone, and other minerals. This presentation reviews the results of excavations at Mill Cove by the University of North Florida since 1999, and contextualizes the site within northeastern Florida and beyond.
Keith Ashley is an archaeologist and associate professor of Anthropology at the University of North Florida. He is actively involved in archaeological excavations with UNF students throughout northeastern Florida. Presently, he is exploring the involvement of St. Johns fisher-hunter-gatherers in the broader world of farmers throughout the Southeast during the tenth through thirteenth centuries CE. He is also researching the 16th and 17th century social landscape of the Indigenous Timucua-speaking Mocama.
February 2023: James Abraham
CENTURY: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY
James Abraham is a former journalist who now edits and publishes books. His Book-broker Publishers, which he founded in 2004, has produced or edited more than 500 books in a variety of genres. Abraham is a popular writing coach, critic, and lecturer. A graduate of Oberlin College and a Florida Humanities Scholar, Abraham is the author of “Century: A People’s History of Charlotte County.” James Abraham’s childhood hero was Heinrich Schleimann, who is credited with discovering the lost city of Troy. Abraham grew up to be a journalist, and views both daily history and more in-depth work as a process similar to that of Schleimann’s. Both history and journalism entail penetrating layers of truth and experience to find answers and meaning. In his talk, he’ll discuss how local history is similarly a series of layers of constructs, each germane to the period but also influencing what came next.