The People of Guana

The Florida Public Archeology Network (FPAN) will host a public meeting on Tuesday, December 7^th at 12:00pm about the People of Guana Project (which also involves our recent research into the Florida Gullah Geechee people being present on Guana Peninsula). It will be a hybrid meeting with an in-person (at our Visitor Center) and virtual option.

Ecosystem services and people of the Guana peninsula.

For over 6,000 years, people have called the Guana Peninsula home, largely due to the bountiful natural resources available of the estuary. These resources, both natural and cultural, are at risk now more than ever due to threats from climate change impacts and development. This project aims to better understand, through a combination of archaeological investigations and applied anthropological methods, how people have used these resources in the past, as well as how people continue to use the resources today. This information will help current land managers understand and interpret the history of the area, as well as inform and guide management strategies for cultural and environmental resources to best fit the needs of the current stakeholder community.

Project goals include creating predictive models of climate change impacts, monitoring and tracking changes to archaeological sites; conducting community surveys about coastal heritage and resources; conducting small-scale excavations at select sites to target past environmental data; and creating outputs including technical reports and data, educational events and products, and frameworks for tackling heritage at risk and engaging stakeholders.

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