Weedon Island's Ancient Dugout Canoe

Interviewee

Bill Dudley, Florida Humanities Council

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Publication Date

6-2008

Abstract

In this 2008 report, archaeologists describe a massive canoe found at Pinellas County's Weedon Island. Updated information from Weedon Island website: "archaeologists and volunteers excavated an ancient dugout canoe from the shoreline of Weedon Island Preserve. The canoe was first discovered by a local resident in 2001....Radiocarbon testing yielded a date of AD 690 – 1010. The makers of the canoe are considered to belong to the Manasota culture, a prehistoric Native American people who hunted and fished the bay, leaving shell mounds along the coast."

Keywords

Florida Humanities Council, Florida Humanities, Florida, History, Canoes, Native Americans, Weedon Island, Artifacts, Manasota Culture, Archaeologists

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Recommended Citation

Dudley, Bill, "Weedon Island's Ancient Dugout Canoe" (2008). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 169.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/169