High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2025

Geospatial and STP Analysis of the Penny, Desoto, and Dune’s Ridge Sites at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, FL

Geospatial and STP Analysis of the Penny, Desoto, and Dune’s Ridge Sites at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, FL

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Course Code

ANT

Course Number

4824

Faculty/Instructor

Sarah Barber

Faculty/Instructor Email

SarahStacy.Barber@ucf.edu

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

The mission of the Cape Canaveral Archaeological Mitigation Project (CCAMP) is to collect and record data to mitigate the loss of sites on Cape Canaveral due to climate change such as rising sea levels. Our objective is to protect Florida’s cultural resources through recording locations and spatial extents of two archaeological sites: Penny and Desoto, and a dune ridge that may have been a campsite for survivors of a 16th century French shipwreck. Our methods will include the creation of vector and topographic maps for the sites using shovel test data collected in 2024 as well as data collected during the current season. In addition, we will create artifact density maps that will show the concentration of artifacts recovered from STP’s at Desoto. Furthermore, we will record the quantity and weight of artifacts found in the STP’s at both the Penny and Desoto sites which will help with our current research and future geospatial analysis. Our research efforts intend to explore and further the understanding of prehistoric and historic human activities at Cape Canaveral.

Keywords

CCAMP;Dune’s Ridge;Desoto;Penny

Geospatial and STP Analysis of the Penny, Desoto, and Dune’s Ridge Sites at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Cape Canaveral, FL


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