Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida

900 Pages·1994·1.83 MB·English

by  Jerald T. Milanich

title: Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida
author: Milanich, Jerald T.
publisher: University Press of Florida
isbn10 | asin:
print isbn13: 9780813012728
ebook isbn13: 9780813021997
language: English
Indians of North America--Florida--
subject
Antiquities, Florida--Antiquities.
publication date: 1994
lcc: E78.F6M545 1994eb
ddc: 975.9/01
Indians of North America--Florida--
subject:
Antiquities, Florida--Antiquities.
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Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida
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Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida
Jerald T. Milanich
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Milanich, Jerald T.
Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida/Jerald T. Milanich
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Indians of North AmericaFloridaAntiquities. 2. Florida
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CONTENTS
List of Illustrations and Tables ix
Preface xv
Chapter 1 1
A Brief History of Archaeology in Florida
Early Observers 2
First Excavations 3
The 1920s and 1930s 8
The Modern Era 11
Historical Archaeology 18
Underwater Archaeology 20
The Division of Historical Resources 23
The 1980s and Beyond 24
Part I 31
Early Hunters, Gatherers, and Fishers
Chapter 2 37
The Paleoindians
Settlement and SitesThe Oasis Model 40
Dating and Subsistence 45
The Tool Kit 48
Chapter 3 61
Archaic Cultures
Early Archaic Period 63
Windover Pond 70
Middle Archaic Period 75
Late Archaic Period 85
East Florida 87
Northwest Florida 95
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Greater Tampa Bay 100
Southwest Coast 101
Part II 105
Development of Regional Cultures
Chapter 4 111
Deptford, Swift Creek, and Santa RosaSwift Creek
Cultures
Settlements, Subsistence, and Social Organization 116
Technology 126
The Growth of Ceremonialism 133
Swift Creek Culture 141
Santa RosaSwift Creek Culture 150
Chapter 5 155
Weeden Island Cultures of Northern Florida
Temporal and Spatial Variations 159
Chronology 162
Heartland Cultures 164
Village Life 170
Mound Ceremonialism 173
Ideology 186
Wakulla Weeden Island Culture 194
Chapter 6 205
Weeden Island Cultures of Peninsular Florida
North Peninsular Coast 208
Ceramic Variations and Settlements 210
Subsistence Activities 214
Mounds and Ceremonialism 215
Manasota and the Central Peninsular Coast 221
Ceramics and Chronology 224
Subsistence and Settlements 224
Ceremonialism 227
Cades Pond in North-Central Florida 227
Mounds and Villages 235
Chapter 7 243
Cultures of Eastern and Central Florida
Chronology 246
Regional VariationsSt. Marys and Indian River 248
St. Johns I Culture 254
Village Life 256
Ceremonial Life 260