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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  1. Archaeology in your Backyard: Successes and Lessons Learned from FPAN-Led Community Archaeology Projects (2016)
  2. The Best Days at FPAN are Out of Sight: Public Archaeology Airwaves of Unearthing Florida and the DARC Geotrail (2016)
  3. The Best Days at FPAN are Shared with Others: The Various Partnerships FPAN had Developed Over the Years (2016)
  4. The Best Days at FPAN are Under Water: The SSEAS and HADS Programs for Sport Divers and Diving Leadership (2016)
  5. CLAASP: A Public Archaeology Initiative To Preserve Archaeological Information In Central Florida (2016)
  6. Collaboration in Progress: FPAN Central Regional Center and the Florida Park Service. (2016)
  7. Engaging the Living in Honor of the Dead: the Cemetery Resource Protection Training (CRPT) Program across Florida (2016)
  8. Exploring Strategies for Talking to the Public: Learning from 10 Years of the Florida Public Archaeology Network (2016)
  9. It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s Public Engagement! One Summer Library Program as an Effective Outreach Platform (2016)
  10. My best day at FPAN was teaching teachers: Celebrating 10 years of Project Archaeology in Florida (2016)
  11. Submerging the Public: Perspectives on Developing Guided Archaeological Shipwreck Tours (2016)
  12. Understanding Archaeological Site Protection at the Local Level in Florida (2016)
  13. What Have We Here?: Demonstrating the Opportunities for Heritage Preservation to Local Governments (2016)