Upcoming DeSoto Dig Dates!

Volunteer Opportunities!

The deSoto project: Sign up to be a deSoto volunteer! 

P.A.S.T. are revisiting the archeology of Hernando deSoto- looking at old data as well as searching for areas in the downtown area of Tallahassee that could be newly tested for this early Spanish presence.  Find out more about the project here.  Testing began in October of 2009 and will run through the early part of 2010.  YOU MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE TO PARTICIPATE!!! 

To participate: Sign up at the next meeting, or contact an officer.  You must be a paid-up member to take part.  Also, you need to have received a volunteer pack (see below) and return your forms before you are allowed on site.  There will be a roster to reserve your chance on particular days available at each meeting; this is a first come, first serve basis- though you will all have an opportunity.  If you cannot attend a meeting in the month you wish to assist, you should contact an officer.  

Volunteer Pack

The principal investigator, Mary Glowacki, must have received these completed forms before you are allowed on site.  Please download, print, and complete in advance:

Acknowledgement of receipt                                Volunteer waiver

Volunteer Waiver (under 18 years)                      Emergency contact form

These forms refer to the following information, which you should also downloand and print for you records.

FAS Ethics                                                            PAST By-laws

Safety Considerations                                         Artifact indicators of Spanish presence

Artifact indicators of Apalachee presence            

FUTURE DIG DATES (Meet at 8:30am in Martin House parking lot):

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010