My Best (and Worst) Day at FPAN: Celebrating 10 Years of Florida Public Archaeology Network Program Highlights and Continuing Challenges

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

The Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) began operations in 2005 and since that time has experienced a range of public archaeology highs and lows. Papers in this session will be delivered by current and past staff asked to consider their best program and greatest challenge. Some of the highlights will include the Submerged Sites Education and Archaeological Stewardship (SSEAS), Cemetery Resource Protection Training (CRPT), Archaeology Works, Teacher in-service, local government assistance, and partnered programs with Florida’s Division of Historical Resources. Challenges include assessment, measuring impact, large population centers, rural outreach, turnover rate of partners, and navigating economic trends.

Other Keywords
Public Archaeology • Florida • Historic Cemeteries • Public Outreach • Maritime Archaeology • Project Archaeology • collaboration • community archaeology • Queer Archaeology • Outreach

Geographic Keywords
North America - Southeast

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  • Archaeology in your Backyard: Successes and Lessons Learned from FPAN-Led Community Archaeology Projects (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Rebecca OSullivan.

    Over the past 10 years, staff from the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) have developed curricula, programs, and trainings that educate both the general public and land managers about archaeology and Florida's unique past. While many of these initiatives might take place in a classroom or lecture hall, FPAN archaeologists also get out in the field to organize community archaeology projects that engage the public with the discovery of their own pasts. This presentation will highlight some...

  • The Best Days at FPAN are Out of Sight: Public Archaeology Airwaves of Unearthing Florida and the DARC Geotrail (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Mike Thomin.

    The Florida Public Archaeology Network has created a variety of unique projects throughout the past decade of its existence. Two of these projects called Unearthing Florida and DARC Geotrail used “airwaves” through the medium of radio and the technology of GPS satellites as a way to educate the public about Florida’s archaeological heritage and to promote archaeotourism. Unearthing Florida is a radio program broadcast Florida public radio NPR member stations designed to enhance the public’s...

  • The Best Days at FPAN are Shared with Others: The Various Partnerships FPAN had Developed Over the Years (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Barbara Clark.

    Since its inception, the Florida Public Archaeology Network has relied on partnerships with other organizations to help meet our goal of public awareness and education. Throughout the years we have partnered with various organizations to offer training, workshops, youth and adult programs and other opportunities for the public to learn about Florida’s archaeological heritage. Each of these partnerships is unique and bring with them their own challenges and successes. This paper will discuss some...

  • The Best Days at FPAN are Under Water: The SSEAS and HADS Programs for Sport Divers and Diving Leadership (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Della Scott-Ireton. Jeffrey Moates. Nicole Grinnan.

    FPAN’s development of the Submerged Sites Education & Archaeological Stewardship (SSEAS) program targeted to sport divers and the Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar (HADS) targeted to diving leadership has led to gains in the appreciation and protection of the underwater cultural heritage, in Florida and elsewhere. In presenting these programs, FPAN staff have worked with divers ranging from newly certified to long-time educators, in the process learning as much as we teach. This paper describes...

  • CLAASP: A Public Archaeology Initiative To Preserve Archaeological Information In Central Florida (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kevin Gidusko. Rachael Kangas. Kassie Kemp. Nigel Rudolph.

    The Communities of Lake Apopka Artifact Survey Project (CLAASP) is an attempt by several regions within the Florida Public Archaeological Network (FPAN) to preserve information about the many unprovenienced collections of artifacts hailing from this area in Central Florida. Relative to several other areas in the state, the Lake Apopka region is under-represented in the archaeological record. This is in part due to the long term use of much of this area for agriculture prior to the creation of...

  • Collaboration in Progress: FPAN Central Regional Center and the Florida Park Service. (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Nigel Rudolph. Jeff Moates.

    Among the many places that the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) uses as a base of operation, the relationship the Central Region has with the Crystal River Archaeological State Parks is unlike any other. Housed within the visitor’s center at the Crystal River Preserve State Park, FPAN’s Central Region is the only regional center located at a National Historic Landmark prehistoric mound complex. This provides the center with a unique opportunity for outreach, education, and promotion of...

  • Engaging the Living in Honor of the Dead: the Cemetery Resource Protection Training (CRPT) Program across Florida (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Miller.

    The flagship program to come out of FPAN’s Northeast Regional Center, hosted by Flagler College in St. Augustine, is the Cemetery Resource Protection Training (CRPT) workshop. CRPT developed in an effort to curb the mass deterioration of historic cemeteries across the state, particularly in Jacksonville, Palatka, and Fernandina Beach where municipal governments are responsible for their preservation and maintenance. Outcomes of CRPT were the subject of a recent AAP article (Miller 2015:275-290)...

  • Exploring Strategies for Talking to the Public: Learning from 10 Years of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Kassie Kemp.

    The last 10 years of outreach and education has allowed staff from the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN) to experiment with many different strategies for discussing archaeology with the public. Through this experience we have become better aware of the ways to effectively communicate archaeological concepts and garner an appreciation for our archaeological and historic heritage. This presentation will provide some basic strategies and outline specific programming that we have found...

  • It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s Public Engagement! One Summer Library Program as an Effective Outreach Platform (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Rachael Kangas.

    Summer library programming is a crucial element of the Florida Public Archaeology Network’s (FPAN) outreach efforts. Library programs are a common and important part of FPAN's work as they allow us to explore multiple approaches to engagement and education. The program "Superheroes of Stewardship" was developed by FPAN for the Orange County Public Library System's summer programming in 2015, and serves as an example of the efficacy of queer archaeology in engaging and educating young audiences....

  • My best day at FPAN was teaching teachers: Celebrating 10 years of Project Archaeology in Florida (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Sarah Bennett. Sarah E. Miller. Amber J. Grafft-Weiss. Lianne Bennett. Emily Jane Murray.

    The Florida Public Archaeology Network was established in 2005 and within a year hosted its first Project Archaeology: Intrigue of the Past workshop. As a proud sponsor of Project Archaeology in Florida, regional center staff partnered with the National Park Service and University of Florida to publish the first Investigating Shelter investigation in the southeast. It was also the first in the Investigating Shelter series to feature a National Park site. Investigating a Tabby Slave Cabin teacher...

  • Submerging the Public: Perspectives on Developing Guided Archaeological Shipwreck Tours (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Nicole Grinnan.

    Community interest in archaeological shipwreck sites is increasingly profound in Florida. Though laws protecting these submerged cultural resources in state waters have been in place for nearly 30 years, many people are still unaware of the importance of these resources as heritage tourism destinations, foci of archaeological research, and representatives of community identity. After award of a grant to explore the 16th-century Spanish Emanuel Point II shipwreck in 2014, the University of West...

  • Understanding Archaeological Site Protection at the Local Level in Florida (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeffrey Moates.

    Archaeological sites face many threats in Florida. While both natural and cultural forces are at play the most destructive threat might be inaction at the local level from the professional and amateur archaeology communities. Local preservation programs began in earnest with the passage of state laws aimed at managing and regulating growth in the state and have continued largely through the implementation of the Certified Local Government Program. However, an apparent lack of a clear...

  • What Have We Here?: Demonstrating the Opportunities for Heritage Preservation to Local Governments (2016)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Tristan Harrenstein.

    Part of the Florida Public Archaeology Network’s mission is to work with local governments to both protect archaeological sites and to ensure that these communities receive the benefits related to their preservation. However, many of the smaller communities in Florida are unaware of the opportunities available for state and federal assistance in preserving their heritage. This paper details a new project designed to educate local governments and historical societies about the benefits and legal...