Upcoming lectures, field trips and special events
Using Prehistoric Tools and Techniques to Manufacture Replicas of South Florida and Keys Native Tools
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 16 at 7 pm
Place: Key West Public Library, Auditorium
Jim Clupper is the former manger of the Islamorada Public Library and, for the past ten years, a part-time employee of the Archeological and Historical Conservancy in Miami. In the past, he has conducted tours of Keys native sites in the Upper Keys for members of our society. He currently resides in Upper Matecumbe.
Jim has been making replicas of prehistoric artifacts for a number of years using replica tools and techniques along with raw materials that would have been available to South Florida and Keys native Americans. Materials used include wood, shell, stone, bone, ceramics, leather/rawhide, shark and other fish teeth, sinew and plant fibers. No modern tools are used in the work. Among the objects the natives made were dugout canoes. They were skilled seamen and navigators. Spanish documents reveal that they regularly voyaged to Cuba to trade.
For more information on this presentation, or to learn more about the Key West Maritime Historical Society, a 501 (c) 3 non profit organization dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the maritime history of Key West and the Florida Keys., please call (305) 296-9882 or email Info@KeyWestMaritime.org.
More lectures are planned for the upcoming season. Dates will be announced.
Watch for the dates of these and other lectures, films and field trips.
Become a member and receive mailings about events and the quarterly Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal.