Our guest this week is University of North Florida in Jacksonville archaeologist Keith Ashley, who is leading an effort to "rediscover" the Timucua/Mocama community of Sarabay on Big Talbot Island, halfway between Jacksonville and Amelia Island on the Atlantic Coast.
Above: Dr. Keith Ashley. Below: Artists’ rendering of Sarabay. Images courtesy University of North Florida Dept. of Archaeology.
Craig Pittman is the award-winning author of Oh, Florida!: How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country, The Scent of Scandal, Cat Tale, Manatee Insanity and The State You’re In, and co-author of Paving Paradise. Born in Pensacola, he graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him “the most destructive force on campus.” Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature.
