Community Conversations on Heritage at Risk: Perspectives from Northeast Florida

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Dialogue as Defense: Addressing Preservation Threats with Community Conversations on Heritage at Risk (CCHAR)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The Florida Public Archaeology Network’s Northeast Regional Center (FPAN NE) has hosted six Community Conversations about Heritage at Risk (CCHAR) throughout northeast and east central Florida. From Fernandina Beach to Merritt Island, FPAN NE has engaged local residents in considering the impacts of climate change on the coastal heritage in their area, what can be done to document and preserve it, and what it would mean if it was lost. Several of the events were held during the People of Guana project to gather input from the community during this study focused on the impacts to sites along the Guana Peninsula in South Ponte Vedra Beach. This paper will share insights from these CCHAR and relay how these conversations can help guide research and preservation efforts along the first coast.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Dialogue as Defense: Addressing Preservation Threats with Community Conversations on Heritage at Risk (CCHAR)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025

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