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NSU Library’s Circle of Friends Hosts “Exploring Ancient Florida” in Celebration of “Viva Florida 500,” Feb. 12
Step back in time with the Circle of Friends of NSU’s Alvin Sherman Library as Rachel Wentz, Ph.D., “Explores Ancient Florida” on Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Imagine what Florida was like for the earliest Native Americans. Learn about the changes which occurred millions of years ago and how the peninsula that would become Florida broke from the west coast of Africa, its landscape gone from an African-like savannah to a tropical paradise. And discover how Ancient mega-fauna that once roamed the forests and grasslands disappeared as humans arrived.
This program is brought to you by the Circle of Friends for the Alvin Sherman Library in celebration of Viva Florida 500 by the Florida Humanities Council and features Regional Director of the Florida Public Archeology Network, Rachel Wentz, Ph.D.
Wentz is a Florida State University graduate with a Ph.D. in Anthropology, who specializes in the analysis of human remains. Wentz has analyzed remains from Titusville, Little Salt Spring, and Calico Hill – all prehistoric sites in Florida.
She has also done skeletal work in St. Croix, England, and Ukraine and obtained experience in forensics at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the University of Florida. Wentz has taught courses in physical anthropology, human osteology and forensic anthropology at Florida State University and serves on the Brevard County Historical Commission.
This Feb. 12 event begins at 6 p.m. in Library’s Adolfo and Marisela Cotilla Gallery. It is FREE and open to the public, but reservations are required.
For more information or to register, please contact Joan McBean, 954-262-4627 or libdev@nova.edu.
Funding for this program has been provided by the Florida Humanities Council, with funds from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Affairs.