Lessons Learned Along the Way: The Florida Public Archaeology Network after 10 years

Summary

The Florida Public Archaeology Network delivers programming through public outreach, assistance to local governments, and assistance to the Florida Division of Historical Resources. The general goal of FPAN is to achieve preservation gains through raising the awareness of Florida archaeology to the public and governmental officials. Authorized by statute in 2004, the Florida legislature funded FPAN in 2005. The program is administered by the University of West Florida but operates in a quasi-decentralized fashion through eight Regions operated with the assistance of other partner organizations. As a new statewide organization in 2005, FPAN's structure and goals were designed by a steering committee intent on avoiding certain potential pitfalls. Ten years of experience with this structure provides the opportunity to assess FPAN's success to date and to discuss broadly useful insights into the operation of regional public archaeology programs. Likewise, reconciliation of programming goals envisioned in 2005 with experience and with a new post-recession reality provide insights of general interest.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage