Virtual: Excavations at Sarabay
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USC-Lancaster Native American Studies Center 119 South Main Street, Lancaster, South Carolina 29720
The University of North Florida excavation of the 16th century Mocama (Timucua) town of Sarabay, a settlement near Jacksonville, Florida, mentioned in early French and Spanish accounts recovered a wide range of artifacts, including Spanish ceramics and items depicting religious imagery.
In the presumed center of the town, UNF students unearthed the outline of a large Indigenous post-in-the ground building, measuring about 20 meters in diameter. Dating to circa 1580s-1620s, we suspect that this structure is the community council house. This virtual presentation by Keith Ashley, archaeologist and associate professor of Anthropology at the University of North Florida, provides an overview of our excavations at Sarabay and situates the site within the broader Mocama landscape.
Presented virtually. Register to attend via Zoom