Episode 1 - Atsena Otie's Ancient Past

Storm Memory

University of Florida archaeologist Dr. Ken Sassaman provides an overview of the wide breadth of native and colonial occupation of Atsena Otie Key, and explains how differences in perception of time and memory between these cultures can impact our abilities to prepare. In addition, we discuss his shift into studying more modern hurricane impacts such as the 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane as part of efforts to create more accessible collective memory for coastal residents to draw upon when assessing risk.
Joshua Lubben and Abigail Hummel provided voice acting for narration of historical accounts (W.P. Delaino and Ellen Tooke) which were found in "Search for Yesterday: A History of Levy County", accessed through the UF Digital Collections and Copyright Levy County Archives Committee. Delaino's account is found in Ch. 7, pages 18-23. Tooke's account is found in Ch. 20, page 15.
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For the version of episode one which aired live on WUFT, additional edits were made by Elliot Tritto and Ryan Vasquez. Some of their suggestions were incorporated into the edits made for the final version of episode one available online.
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1. Episode 1 - Atsena Otie's Ancient Past (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:10)

3. Introducing Ken Sassaman (00:05:02)

4. Overview of Changing Migration Patterns (00:06:45)

5. Evidence of Modern Sea Level Rise (00:09:05)

6. When or why did we see native people's leave the Cedar Key area? (00:10:44)

7. Damage to Shell Mound Site from Hurricane Idalia (00:13:15)

8. What role do we play in modern times in protecting that heritage knowledge for the native tribes? (00:14:49)

9. Sassaman's Decision to focus new research on 1896 Cedar Keys Hurricane in more modern time period (00:16:46)

10. Differences in storm response across cultures (00:19:14)

11. Changes in the way societies' collect memory (00:20:17)

12. Disconnect between past, present and future impacts risk perception (00:22:16)

13. Creation of the 1896 Hurricane Story Maps Project (00:23:39)

14. Sassaman's Perception of Parallels between 1896 Hurricane and Hurricane Idalia (00:26:19)

15. Preview of Episode 2 (00:28:50)