Due to the North Port special election of May 13th, the WMS/LSS Archaeological Society will meet the second WEDNESDAY of the month (May 14th) at our new time and meeting place: North Port Public Library 13800 Tamiami Trail at 6:30 PM (Veranda Room). Speaker will be in-person. The speaker will join us at the Alvaro’s Family Restaurant (14512 Tamiami Trl, North Port, FL 34287) at 4:30 PM, prior to the meeting. The May meeting ZOOM is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84233642881?pwd=9M8ayFMayXySlhbAn4zuT3zJhY5Mhd.1 ID: 842 3364 2881 Passcode: 756814
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EXPLORING THE SOUTH FIELD POTTERY ASSEMBLAGE AT THE MILL COVE COMPLEX
Victoria Hayes, a graduate student from the University of Florida
The Mill Cove Complex stands as the preeminent St. Johns II civic-ceremonial center in northeastern Florida. To date, much of the published research on Mill Cove centers around either the site’s two burial mounds (Shields and Grant) or Kinzey’s Knoll, a special event midden. Since 1999, however, UNF has sampled 12 other areas, including South Field. This presentation relays the results of Ms. Hayes' undergraduate honors thesis wherein stylistic and technological attributes were used to convert more than 1,200 potsherds into vessel lots. From these, orifice measurements and surface alterations served as proxies of vessel form and function, respectively, to explore site activities within the South Field area.