Time Sifters Archaeology Society Newsletter May 2018

M A Y -2018 May Program May 16 - at 6:00 PM - Selby Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota 34236 Archaeology and Rising Sea Levels: Global Perspectives and Local Concerns Dr. Uzi Baram Professor of Anthropology andDirector of the New College Public Archaeology LabDear Member:May is the last Time Sifters meeting until September, but as a new membership benefit, expect a summer newsletterseries in your in-box to keep you informed of pertinent news and events. One feature we are previewing this month isproviding articles or research updates from some of our past speakers. This month it is Dr. John Derden, who gives usan update on ongoing archaeology at Camp Lawton, the Confederate Civil War military prison, and what other projectshe is involved in.This month, Dr. Uzi Baram is presenting on a subject crucial to our area, rising sea levels. Archaeologists are not justraising the alarm about threatened cultural sites, but informing the discussion of how cultures have adapted toenvironmental changes in the past, and envisioning possible futures. This lecture is part of the Tidally United series ofevents, which will culminate in the Tidally United Summit, a two-day conference here in Sarasota, August 10-11. Seemore info under News and Events, and watch your summer newsletters for more details.May is also the meeting when we take care of Time Sifters business by electing a new board for the 2018-2019 year.Please see the details on that below, and if you can make the meeting, thank the board member volunteers for theirdedication to making Time Sifters such a great organization.Thanks for being part of Time Sifters!Sherry Svekis, President [email protected] May 16th, Selby Library“Archaeology and Rising Sea Levels: Global Perspectives and Local Concerns”The time to warn about climate Dr. Uzi Baram but with one of the most endangeredchange is over. New weather patterns, places for rising sea levels beinglarger storms, and rising sea levels Florida, we will focus on insightsare challenging communities and from Florida archaeology.transforming conventional thinking. Uzi Baram is the founding director ofArchaeologists have offered the long the New College Public Archaeology-term perspective on human adaptation, Lab and a Professor of Anthropologyand maladaptations to environmental at New College of Florida. Hechanges; more recently archaeologists has advanced degrees from theare contributing insights for the SUNY at Binghamton and thepresent generation to envision our UMass at Amherst.possible futures. This presentationwill offer examples of and lessons Baram’s efforts focus on the politicsfor, community resilience in the of the past in the Eastern Mediterra-Anthropocene to rising sea levels. nean and public archaeology inThe lecture will be global in scope, Sarasota/Manatee.

News & Events FAS 2018 May 11-13Register now.Lucky us! The 2018 FAS AnnualMeeting will be nearby inSt. Petersburg, hosted by Alliancefor Weedon Island ArchaeologicalResearch and Education(AWIARE) and USF St. Petersburg!Hope to see you there! Register now.www.fasweb.org/annual-conference Tidally United cultural resources, this event is for you. It Summit 2018 will bring together archaeologists, heritage August 10th-11th professionals, environmental experts, historic preservationists, and citizenIf you are interested in the impact of sea scientists for two days of engaginglevel rise on Florida's archaeological and presentations, demonstrations, and workshops. More details coming next month.2 018/2019 Program CalendarSeptember 19, 2018Virtualizing World Heritage Sites in Sicily Dr. Davide TanasiOctober 17, 2018The Bronze Age Archaeology of Seyitomer Mound in Turkey Dr. Laura HarrisonNovember 14, 2018The Rosewood Massacre Edward González-Tennant, PhDJanuary 16, 2019Archaeology Year in Review Smitty SmithFebruary 20, 2019Research Updates on the Chaco Phenomenon Dr. John KantnerMarch 20, 2019Page-Ladson Site Dr. Jessie HalliganApril 17, 2019 Student Papers VariousMay 15, 2019Manasota Key Offshore Site Ryan M. Duggins, Ph.D

A Time Sifters UpdateThe Resurrection of Camp Lawton By: Dr. John Derden On March 15, 2017, graduate students. Georgia which has built a memorial Dr. John Derden there and hosted its dedication. Within presented “The I continue to “spread the gospel” of the past few years archeological work Resurrection of Camp Camp Lawton by giving presentations has determined the lines of battle and Lawton: the World’s to area historical societies, civic encampments and recovered a trove of Largest Prison”. Time groups, and the like. I also continue to artifacts. I currently serve on the board Sifters asked him to do my annual Sherman’s March tour of the newly-established Brier Creek give us an update on through East Central Georgia, and Revolutionary War Battle Association. what is happening at Camp Lawton is one of the major stops My latest long-term project is aCamp Lawton and what he has been along the way. In November 2018, biography of Jacques Futrelle (1875-up to. To watch his presentation in Kent State University Press will 1912), a Georgia writer, little knowntotal and all of the last two years publish “Crossing the Deadlines: Civil today but very popular in the firstpresentations, please go to the website War Prisons Reconsidered” in which I decade of the 20th century, who had… WWW.TimeSifters.org. have a chapter on the prison (“Lost the unfortunate luck of drowning inCamp Lawton, the largest Confederate and Found on the Southern Side: The the Titanic disaster in 1912. By thatCivil War military prison, continues to Resurrection of Camp Lawton”). time Futrelle had published about 50be excavated under a cooperative short stories and seven novels. He wasagreement among the U.S. Fish and My academic interests have moved a writer of detective and mysteryWildlife Service, the Georgia Dept. of somewhat. I am now assisting with fiction, and his most famous characterNatural Resources, and Georgia publicity on another neglected for which he is still remembered, wasSouthern University. Dr. Lance Green historical site, the location of the the “Thinking Machine,” a detectiveand Dr. Sue Moore, who led the initial American Revolutionary Battle of who solved crimes through the appli-work on the site are no longer there, as Brier Creek. Fought on March 3, cation of reason, a kind of Americanhe has moved to another university 1779, along the banks of Brier Creek Sherlock Holmes. In his short 37-yearand she has retired. However, where it merged with the Savannah life, he also wrote plays, acted,Dr. Ryan McNutt is now leading the River, it was a heavy defeat for the managed theatre stock companies,effort. Georgia Southern University Americans. The site remains in an worked for several newspapersarcheology students use the site as a undeveloped area, one of the few (Atlanta Journal, Boston American, NYlearning and teaching lab. Several Revolutionary War sites left in that Herald, Richmond Leader, Bostontimes a year public days are held condition, and recently has achieved Post), and promoted automobiles.where people can observe excavations, protected status from the state of ask questions, and learn about the history of the site and the archeological techniques used to interpret it. Dr. McNutt uses Camp Lawton as a classroom for undergraduate andDr. McNutt, lead archeologist at Georgia POWs at Camp Lawton constructed “shebangs.” Typically they dug into the ground a foot or twoSouthern University, using a trowel in a and erected poles and used blankets, shelter halves, etc. to make a roof. They also stole bricks intended for oven construction and used them in their shebangs. Here is an excavated shebang shebang site at Camp Lawton. site. Time Sifters Officers: Directors:Board Elections Sherry Svekis, President Robert Bopp Darwin \"Smitty\" Smith, Vice Pres. Dorothy Cascio May 2018 Bernice Jones, Secretary Glenn Cooper Laura Harrison - Treasurer Steven Derfler Karen Jensen, Membership Evelyn Mangie Sharon McConnellCopyright © 2018 TimeSiftersArchaeologySociety,Inc., All rights reserved.We send newsletters to people who have attended or expressed interestin our lectures and given us their email address.

Membership Speakers & Events CalendarLifetime: $250 All to be held at 6:00 PMIndividual: $25 Selby Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota 34236Family: $35Sustaining: $50 May 16Student: $10 Archaeology and Rising Sea Levels: Global Perspectives and Local ConcernsPay online at: Dr. Uzi Baram, Professor of Anthropology,WWW.TimeSifters.orgOr mail checks to: September 19Time Sifters, Inc. Virtualizing World Heritage Sites in SicilyPO Box 5283 Dr. Davide TanasiSarasota, FL. 34277 October 17 The Bronze Age Archaeology of Seyitomer Mound in Turkey Dr. Laura Harrison Time Sifters Archaeology Society A Chapter of the Florida Anthropological Society http://timesifters.org/Time Sifters Archaeology SocietyP. O. Box 5283, Sarasota, FL 34277