SAAA Monthly Meeting with Guest Kate Ganas

Join us for this in-person event to hear "What's in a Galley? Provisioning Practices Aboard the Emanuel Point II Shipwreck” presented by Kate Ganas from the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program.

In 1559, Tristán de Luna y Arellano and a colonial expedition of 12 ships and 1,500 colonists sailed to Pensacola, Florida to establish a Spanish settlement. Shortly after arriving, a hurricane hit the fledging settlement and decimated the colony. Despite multiple relief expeditions, it was abandoned in 1561. Archaeologists first uncovered evidence of the Luna fleet in 1992 and since then, the shipwrecks and terrestrial settlement have provided great opportunity to study various aspects related to Spanish colonialism in the 16th century. This presentation discusses the material culture, specifically pertaining to food provisioning practices, found aboard the Emanuel Point II Shipwreck of the Luna expedition. Specifically, it focuses on the types of ceramic vessels used onboard these ships to examine larger shipboard food cultural practices.

Kate is one of the staff archaeologists for the City of St Augustine. She received her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology at the University of Georgia and her master’s degree in Historical Archaeology at the University of West Florida. Her interests include colonization in Spanish Florida, as well as material culture studies within the purview of maritime archaeology. She currently works on a variety of different sites for the city including colonial Spanish urban sites and Mission settlements.

This event is co-hosted by the Florida Public Archaeology Network and Flagler College. Meetings are held in the Tiffany Room at Flagler College.

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