Public Archaeology in Sarasota

1997 to 2003 New College Professor Baram organized a series of small scale projects around Sarasota County. The publications are slow in coming out.  As of August 2007:

Conference Papers:

Uzi Baram and Susan Lynn White 2002   

Transportation and the Development of a Florida Town:  Excavations and Memories at the 1927 Seaboard Railroad Depot in Venice, Florida.  Public Archaeology session of the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Mobile.

Traci Ardren and Uzi Baram 2003   

The Ibis Archaeological Field School at Little Salt Spring. Florida Anthropological Society annual meeting. Tallahassee.

Uzi Baram 2005   

In the Public Interest: Paradoxes and Possibilities of Heritage Tourism. Archaeological Theories as Ideologies session of the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Salt Lake City.

Keith Fitzgerald and Uzi Baram 2005   

Pursuing Social Justice:  Civic Engagement and the Potential for Expanding the Public Sphere. Pedagogies in Teaching session at the Consortium for Innovative Environments for Learning (CIEL) annual meeting. Buffalo.

Uzi Baram 2007   

The Archaeological Process: Research and Ethics Today. Archaeology: Basic Concepts in Practice and Public Outreach session of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation annual meeting, Sarasota.

Uzi Baram 2007   

Discussant for Cultural Heritage Preservation in Action: The Florida Public Archaeology Network. Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, Tampa.

Uzi Baram 2007   

A Historic Cemetery as a Site for Grappling with Community, Politics, and Commemoration. Archaeological Practice and Community Service Learning Symposium of the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Williamsburg.

Publications:

Uzi Baram, Susan Lynn White, and Erin Westfall. 2001   

Historical Archaeological Investigations of Site #8SO585 in Venice, Florida:  The Venice Train Depot (VTD) Excavations of 2001.  On file at Sarasota County Historical Resources.

Uzi Baram 2005  

"A New Route in Heritage Tourism on Florida's Southwest Coast." The SAA Archaeological Record 5(3):20-22.

New College Theses:

Kuhn, Lisa Meleco

2001  An Investigation of Human Remains from Casey Key.  [Sponsor: U. Baram]

Silpa, Felicia B.

2003  Touring a Florida Plantation:  Historical Archaeology of Gamble Plantation, 1842-1858.  [Major: Social  Sciences;  Sponsor: U. Baram]

Sumrow, Kimberly

2004  The Application of the Harris Matrix to the Rosemary Cemetery.  [Sponsor:  U. Baram]

Svekis, Sherry R.

2005  Hidden Histories.  A Historical Archaeology Approach to the Tabby House Ruins.  [Major:  Anthropology & History; Sponsor:  U. Baram]

Werner, William 

2004  Recovering the Landscapes of the Second Seminole War:  A Historical Archaeological Approach.  [Sponsor:  U. Baram]