Time Sifters Archaeology Society Newsletter November 2017

NOVEMBER-2017 November Program November 15 - at 6:00 PM Selby Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota 34236The Importance of the Ringling Legacy Ron McCarty Curator and Keeper of Ca’d’ZanDear Member:Did you know, you can catch missed lectures on the Time Sifters website? I missed our October meeting andit was so great to be able to watch the video of Dr. Derfler's presentation. September's lecture on the TrojanWar is also available.Our November lecture by Ringling curator Ron McCarty is the third Wednesday of the month, as always. Theday before that, New College Public Archaeology Lab is sponsoring a special evening with Brian Zepeda.Time Sifters members are invited and full information is below.Have you been somewhere special this year? Our Holiday Party will be hosted again by board member GlennCooper at his spacious Siesta Key home. If you were there last year, you may remember a great \"slide\" show ofmember photos about travel to interesting historical and archaeological sites. Please send me yours for inclusionin this years show and be on hand to tell us all about it!.Your membership renewal date is on the mailing label. If that date is November 2017 or earlier, please renewnow by credit card online at www.Timesifters.org, mailing a check to the address listed at the bottom, or withcash or check at the November meeting.Thanks for being a Time Sifters member!Sherry Svekis, President [email protected] November 15, Selby LibraryThe Importance of the Ringling LegacyRon will review the lives of two of the community’s most beloved patrons of the arts, John and MableRingling with some additional information on Charles and Edith Ringling as well. The family came to Sarasota in1911 and later transformed the area into an upscale resort town that is still enjoyed by thousands today.Ron has been a member of the curatorial staff at the John and Mable Ringling Museum for the last 36 yearswith the Ca’d’Zan restoration as part of his responsibilities. He has written “The Work of Dwight JamesBaum” for Acanthus Press, “The Ca’d’Zan; Ringling’s Venetian Palace” for Scala Publications” and a newbook “Ca’d’Zan; A Pictorial Guide to the Ringling Mansion” which is due out after this year.

Notes from a Time SifterThe Powhatan Confederacy andthe Jamestown ColonyBy Evelyn Mangie, Time Sifters Board MemberOn Sunday, October 29, 2017, the Powhatan Pocahontas (LibraryHerald Tribune published an articleannouncing the discovery of an- (Public Domain) of Congress)cient burials that might containthe remains of Lord de La Warr The village of Werowocomoco other chiefs, but the relationshipwho was governor of Jamestown (Public Domain) was cautious and at one pointin 1610. He is important because Smith claims that Powhatan’she talked the settlers out of union of 30 Algonquin speaking brother forcibly brought him toabandoning the settlement. He tribes. Each tribe had its own Werowocomoco where he wasdied on a ship returning from leader but operated under a saved from death by Powhatan’sEngland to the colony in 1618 and centralized political system ruled daughter, Pocahontas.we may now have evidence that his by a single king, Powhatan (his Cultural differences led thebody was brought to Jamestown for Algonquin name means “king of English settlers to believe that theyburial. kings”). His empire was huge, were superior to all Amerindians, butMuch of what we know of Jamestown covering an area estimated to be Powhatan was as much a king ascolony comes from John Smith, about 10,000 square miles and was King James. Archaeologistsan English adventurer. He wrote had a population of perhaps have excavated Werowocomocoabout his year spent in Jamestown 15,000 residents revealing that it was a large town(1608-9) and nearly a dozen other (historicjamestown.org). that existed for 200 years beforeautobiographical writings of his the English came (Werowocomocoexploits. Historians admit that it Powhatan’s headquarters was at Research Project). The name inis difficult to evaluate Smith’s Werowocomoco, a town about 20 Algonquian means “settlement of17th century stories because they miles from Jamestown. These the leader” and there is evidenceare biased and probably exaggerated Native Americans did not fit the for earthwork ditches (defensive?)but his Generall Historie is one of “wild savage” image that the and a long house (seat of governance).the few written sources for the English generally spread to the Jamestown settlers were dependent onearly English settlement in Virginia, world. They were farmers who the Native population for survivaland the native people who were could grow a surplus to be traded for in the early years. John Smiththere before the Europeans landed. things they could not produce. seems to recognize that and theLord de La Warr’s writings on They also had an army of at sophisticated society that couldJamestown are mostly about least 2500 warriors (NEH). feed themselves and the fewdefending his strict methods and hundred people of the littlethe desire to expand into Native Smith’s account of Powhatan’s English colony.territories. substantial authority seems Lord de La Warr was appointedFrom these writings and archaeology, accurate. The subordinate governor of Virginia colony inwe know that Jamestown was a chiefs were willing subjects 1610 to replace John Smith.small, triangular fort cut out of indicating that Powhatan’s rule Governor de La Warr was anthe wilderness of what was, at the was not oppressive. Smith writes aristocrat who seems to have lesstime, the Powhatan Confederacy, a of trade deals with Powhatan and regard for diplomacy, a trait already shown in his tactics during theThe Fort at Jamestown (Virtual war against the Irish (1594-1603).Jamestown) He arrived at Jamestown in 1610, Notes continued next page ...

“The Art of War” - Special Lecture at New College Brian Zepeda is returning to New College. His Fall 2012 presentation, part of Time Sifters' Voices from Native Florida series, focused on Seminole heritage across Florida. For November 2017, you will be treated to an engaging presenta- tion on his impressive artwork. Tuesday November 14th at 5:30 pm Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of FloridaThe lecture is free and open to the public. Please RSVP at https://donate.ncf.edu/newtopics20172018 (nodonation required),Brian Zepeda has been a consultant for the History Channel, Discovery Channel, Nat Geo Wild, WPBT andWGCU, and has been featured in National Geographic magazine, First American Art magazine and FloridaWorld magazine. A featured artist in “Just Above the Water, Florida Folk Art and “Beadwork Storytellers”an exhibit at the Cherokee Nation Museum of Oklahoma, his beautiful art work can be seen in the collec-tions of the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the National Museum ofthe American Indian and the Museum of Florida History as well as in numerous private collections. Zepedahas served on the Florida Governors council of Indian Affairs, American Indian Alaskan Native TourismBoard, the Friends of the Collier County Museum and currently serves as the Seminole Tribe of Florida’sNaples Liaison Representative. Old City of Acre, IsraelWorld Heritage Site #1042Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlementfrom the Phoenician period. The present city is a fortified towndating from the Ottoman 18th and 19th centuries, with typicalurban components such as the citadel, mosques, khans andbaths. The remains of the capital of the Crusader kingdom ofJerusalem (1104 to 1291), provide us with an exceptional pictureof the layout and structures of the medieval town.Notes continued ... This account is suspect because peace was short lived becausebringing supplies and troops she would have been only twelve Jamestown colony began to prosper onwhich he quickly used to impose years old at their meeting in its own with the introduction ofharsh regulations on the Jamestown 1608. In addition, we know that tobacco initiated by John Rolfe.settlers and to viciously ravage she married another English- That brought thousands of newseveral Native villages. He had no men, John Rolfe, in 1614, a mar- European settlers who eventuallyadmiration for the Natives riage that her father, Powhatan, ac- eliminated the sophisticated andalthough he did show respect for cepted as a marriage alliance be- powerful Powhatan Confederacy.Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas tween the Powhatan Confederacywhen he introduced her as a princess and the English that began an (See virtualjamestown.org for lotsto aristocratic society in England. era of peace for the following of good information)We know a bit more about eight yearsPocahontas from John Smith who (historicjamestown.org). Buthints at a romance between them.Officers: Board of Directors Copyright © 2017Sherry Svekis, President Time SiftersArchaeologySociety,Inc.,Darwin \"Smitty\" Smith, Vice Pres. Directors: Evelyn Mangie All rights reserved.Bernice Jones, Secretary Valerie Jackson Bell Sharon McConnell We send newsletters to peopleTBA - Treasurer Robert Bopp Saretta Sparer who have attended or expressedKaren Jensen, Membership Glenn Cooper interestin our lecturesand given us their email address.

Membership Speakers & Events CalendarLifetime: $200 All to be held at 6:00 PMIndividual: $25 Selby Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota 34236Family: $35Sustaining: $50 November 15Student: $10 The Importance of the Ringling Legacy Ron McCarty, Curator and Keeper of Ca’D ZanPay online at: DecemberWWW.TimeSifters.org Holiday PartyOr mail checks to:Time Sifters, Inc. January 17PO Box 5283 Archaeology Year in ReviewSarasota, FL. 34277 Smitty Smith, Vice President, Time Sifters Time Sifters Archaeology Society A Chapter of the Florida Anthropological Society www.timesifters.org/Time Sifters Archaeology SocietyP. O. Box 5283, Sarasota, FL 34277