New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River

299 Pages·2018·64.793 MB·English

by  Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Victor D. Thompson

New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River
Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

New Histories of Village Life
at Crystal River
Thomas J. Pluckhahn
and Victor D. Thompson
University of Florida Press
Gainesville
Copyright 2018 by Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Victor D. Thompson
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Pluckhahn, Thomas J. (Thomas John), 1966– author. | Thompson, Victor
D., author.
Title: New histories of village life at Crystal River / Thomas J. Pluckhahn
and Victor D. Thompson.
Other titles: Ripley P. Bullen series.
Description: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2018. | Series:
Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen series | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017031785 | ISBN 9781683400356 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Crystal River (Fla.)—History. | Crystal River
(Fla.)—Antiquities. | Cities and towns—Growth—Case studies. |
Excavations (Archaeology)—Florida—Crystal River. | Citrus County
(Fla.)—History.
Classification: LCC F319.C79 P58 2017 | DDC 975.9/72—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017031785
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To Becky and Ella, with love and thanks—T.J.P.
To Amanda, Fish, and Fin, with love and thanks—V.D.T.

Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xiii
Acknowledgments xv
1. Crystal River and the Archaeology of Early Village Societies in the
American Southeast (and Beyond) 1
2. Context 25
3. A Center Emerges 71
4. From Vacant Center to Early Village (Phase 1) 101
5. From Early Village to Regional Center (Phase 2) 117
6. From Regional Center to Mound-Residential Compound
(Phase 3) 155
7. New Centers Emerge (Phase 4) 168
8. The Early Village at Crystal River in Broader Perspective 194
Afterword: Why Early Villages Still Matter 209
References Cited 215
Index 263

Figures
1.1. Location of the Crystal River site, the Roberts Island Shell Mound
Complex, and other sites mentioned in the text 7
1.2. View north of Mound A at Crystal River from the river 10
1.3. View northeast across Mound G to Mound H at Crystal River 10
1.4. View north of the reconstructed Main Burial Complex at Crystal
River 11
1.5. Copper ornament recovered by Moore from the Main Burial
Complex at Crystal River, possibly representing a bear and
completed in a style typical of Hopewell 12
1.6. View west of Mound K and a portion of the midden at Crystal
River 14
2.1. Location of Crystal River and Roberts Island 26
2.2. Location of Crystal River and Roberts Island with respect to major
geomorphic divisions 27
2.3. Location of Crystal River and Roberts Island with respect to major
hydrologic communities 29
2.4. Map of Crystal River 31
2.5. Map of Roberts Island 32
2.6. View of Mound A on site 8CI41 at Roberts Island 33
2.7. View of Mound B on site 8CI40 at Roberts Island 33
2.8. View of site 8CI36 and Mound C at Roberts Island 34
2.9. Comparison of 1952 and 1969 aerial photographs of Crystal River
showing development of the area 36
2.10. 1964 photograph showing extensive damage to the east side of
Mound A at Crystal River 37