Southwest Florida Archaeological SocietySWFAS was founded in 1980 to provide a meeting place for people interested in the southwest Florida area's archaeology, history and cultural past.

SWFAS was founded in 1980 to provide a meeting place for people interested in the southwest Florida area's archaeology, history and cultural past.

NEXT PRESENTATION

November 19, 2025, 7 p.m., at BONITA SPRINGS FIRE STATION #24

Speaker: Jacob Winge, Civic Leader and Local History Advocate
Topic: The Seminole & The Seminole Wars

SWFAS DUES REMINDER 2025
Your support of archaeology, history, preservation, and education in Southwest Florida is critical. Our sole source of income is your dues and your gifts, and SWFAS is a 501(c)(3) registered Florida non-profit organization. Thanks to everyone who have already renewed their 2025 tax deductible membership. If you have not done so, we have two ways, you can renew online electronically with a credit card at SEE SIDEBAR. Or send a check to: Charlie Strader, SWFAS Treasurer, 27655 Kent Road, Bonita Springs, FL 34135.

The Volume 78, Number 2, June 2025, pp97-122, issue of The Florida Anthropologist has an article by John Beriault and Bob Carr about the Bonita Bay Complex in southern Lee County. This is a 30-site complex that SWFAS was an active participant in identifying, recording, sampling, and excavation of many of these sites, and the Craighead Lab processed much of the excavated material. SWFAS also published the results of several of these sites. These early days of SWFAS was a very busy time for salvage archaeology, and the article describes the historical involvement of SWFAS during its early days.

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