Fountain of Youth - Living History is a photograph by Alexandra Till which was uploaded on June 24th, 2013.
Title
Fountain of Youth - Living History
Artist
Alexandra Till
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Photograph - Photographs - Prints - Digital Images - Cards - Posters - Photo-calendars - Photo Art
Description
© Christine Till
On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menendez de Aviles landed on the shore of Seloy, a large Timucuan town that was situated just opposite what was to become St. Augustine inlet in Florida. Seloy, a bustling town that was a tool and pottery making center of activity, existed for millennia, and the Timucua were were intially friendly to the Spanish. But as the cultures existed side by side, difficulties arose, and European diseases took a horrible toll on the Timucua.
Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park celebrates the culture of these proud Native Americans in a reconstructed portion of the town of Seloy. Living History Interpreters help to understand what day to day life was like in the village, how the Timucua hunted, fished, made fine pottery and shell tools, and how they finally slipped away into history.
Although the Timucua are gone, they are not forgotten and we can still learn about the first denizens of the area and honor their lost culture.
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June 24th, 2013
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Comments (3)
Sandra Pena de Ortiz
Wonderful image! Great composition and with great editorial value! Congratulations for your feature in Memories and Nostalgia!
Nadine and Bob Johnston
.... Like the subject, technique, composition, and color... Today it was Published in the Internet publication ARTISTS NEWS.... Anyone can Just Highlight this link ---- http://bit.ly/RVPlpf - Use Ctl-C to copy and Ctl-V ---- to put it into the Browser Address, to view the publication. You can then, Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you feel would be interested. Happy Promoting! :-)
Randy Rosenberger
It is an honor and a privilege as an administrator of one of the top groups on FAA, our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group, to promote and highlight your awesome artworks on our homepage in one of the prestigious positions, on our group Featuring HOMEPAGE! Your artworks show your love of what you do, and is refined to where we not only accept and promote your fine works, but welcome that opportunity. It is a pleasure to have you as a member of our family of friends and fine artists in the WFS group. Thanks for sharing! Fave and Vote Forever, Elvis
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