St Augustine Archaeological Association Monthly Meeting

On Tuesday, November 2nd, the monthly meeting of the St. Augustine Archaeological Association will be held live via Zoom. A talk will be given by Joe Endonino titled, “Ecology, Ritual, and Mound-Building at the Tomoka Mound and Midden Complex”.

Jon Endonino is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Kentucky University. His primary research interests are social and ecological conditions associated with mortuary monument construction by late Mount Taylor culture groups who inhabited the middle St. Johns River Valley and Atlantic coast of northeast Florida. In addition, Dr. Endonino also has long-standing research on stone tools and determining the sources of stone used in tool production in Florida. When not teaching or conducting research, Jon is restoring his turn of the century Victorian home, collecting records, working in his yard and garden, and, of late, kayaking.

Dr. Endonino will present excavation and analysis results from Phase 2 of the Tomoka Archaeology project. Ecological data were collected to reconstruct the environmental conditions when late Mount Taylor hunter-gathers settled the site; constructed the mounds and earth- and shell-works; and performed attending rituals during the Thornhill Lake phase (5600-4700 cal BP). Environmental data combined with radiocarbon dates and analyses of artifacts revealed connections between changes in monumental architecture and ritual at the site, a changing environment, and shifting relationships with other people across Florida and beyond.

The event is free and open to the public via Zoom. The presentation will begin at 7:00 PM.
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