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- ANALYSIS OF THE NON-CERAMIC ARTIFACTS FROM A HOPEWELLIAN AFFILIATED SITE IN GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA.
- Creator
- STEINEN, KARL TERRY., Florida Atlantic University, Ferguson, Leland G., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Through intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was the residence of the ceremonial...
Show moreThrough intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was the residence of the ceremonial practitioner, a second was a charnel house, while a third was the village area where craftsmen who fashioned ceremonial objects lived with their families.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1971
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13472
- Subject Headings
- Hopewell culture, Fort Center Site (Fla), Florida--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- MEDALS OF CONQUEST IN CALUSA FLORIDA.
- Creator
- MCGOUN, WILLIAM ELLIOTT., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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An interesting collection of small wooden or metal objects, bearing a design which has not yet been interpreted satisfactorily, has been found at sites scattered throughout the Calusa and Okeechobee subareas of the Glades archaeological area and extending northward into the Kissimmee Area. These objects, which usually bear circles and-or a cross on their upper zone and "teardrops" and what looks like a stylized mouth on their lower zone, lend support to the contention that the 16th Century...
Show moreAn interesting collection of small wooden or metal objects, bearing a design which has not yet been interpreted satisfactorily, has been found at sites scattered throughout the Calusa and Okeechobee subareas of the Glades archaeological area and extending northward into the Kissimmee Area. These objects, which usually bear circles and-or a cross on their upper zone and "teardrops" and what looks like a stylized mouth on their lower zone, lend support to the contention that the 16th Century Calusa were a conquest society. This in turn casts further doubt upon the utility of traditional classificatory systems in defining the nature of an individual culture. Specifically, the data support the belief that the shift from egalitarianism to stratification is more significant than the shift from kinship control to territorial control.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1981
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14051
- Subject Headings
- Calusa Indians--Antiquities, Florida--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ORIGIN OF THE ST. JOHNS ARCHAIC (FLORIDA).
- Creator
- ANDERSON, NAIN E., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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In the St. Johns River area of Florida, the preceramic period has been found to have certain different artifact types than the neighboring Archaic traditions. These different artifact types-- shell gouges and celts--have their closest similarities with types from the preceramic of Venezuela and Cuba. It was postulated that the influence for the similar shell tools was derived from the original settlement of the Caribbean area by migrating groups from the northern South American coast. It was...
Show moreIn the St. Johns River area of Florida, the preceramic period has been found to have certain different artifact types than the neighboring Archaic traditions. These different artifact types-- shell gouges and celts--have their closest similarities with types from the preceramic of Venezuela and Cuba. It was postulated that the influence for the similar shell tools was derived from the original settlement of the Caribbean area by migrating groups from the northern South American coast. It was further postulated that the original inhabitants of the St. Johns area were part of the migrating groups and that they arrived in the area probably by way of the Everglades. Evidence from the Caribbean area preceramic periods was examined for proof of this migration. Finally, a possible linguistic relationship with the historic Indians of the St. Johns area and the Warao of Venezuela Has discussed.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1974
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13642
- Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Florida--Saint Johns River Valley--Antiquities, Indians of the West Indies--Antiquities, Florida--Antiquities, Caribbean Area--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- PALYNOLOGY OF FT. CENTER: ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS FOR A CENTRAL FLORIDA HOPEWELLIAN CEREMONIAL CENTER.
- Creator
- HOGAN, JACQUELINE LOUISE., Florida Atlantic University, Sears, William H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Pollen extracted from twenty-one fecal samples uncovered during the 1962-1970 excavations of a Hopewell Period ceremonial mound and artificial pond offer information on climate, habitats, diet, and season to contribute to the corn agriculture theory for the site. Plant families in the sample suggest today's sub-tropical moist climate and three major habitats: savannah, hammock, and meander valley, indicating that corn could have been a viable crop with proper drainage. A "starvation stew"...
Show morePollen extracted from twenty-one fecal samples uncovered during the 1962-1970 excavations of a Hopewell Period ceremonial mound and artificial pond offer information on climate, habitats, diet, and season to contribute to the corn agriculture theory for the site. Plant families in the sample suggest today's sub-tropical moist climate and three major habitats: savannah, hammock, and meander valley, indicating that corn could have been a viable crop with proper drainage. A "starvation stew" partaken of in a "spring-rites" ritual is suggested and is compatible with the corn agriculture theory. Variety of wild plants in all samples suggests a grab-bag concoction with minimal dietary significance for any particular wild plant. A spring-blooming sample population over decades suggests that this stew was eaten only at this, a time of depleted corn stores. Ceremonial context of the sample suggests an annual spring-planting-rites communion "meal" to explain the single season sample for a sedentary agricultural people.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1978
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13917
- Subject Headings
- Palynology--Florida--Fort Center Site, Hopewell culture, Plant remains (Archaeology)--Florida--Fort Center Site, Fort Center Site (Fla), Florida--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE ROLLING OAKS II SITE (8 BD 73): A TEQUESTA SUB-AREA HABITATION SITE.
- Creator
- GRAVES, OTTILIE COSDEN., Florida Atlantic University, Kennedy, William J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The Rolling Oaks II site is one of a series of habitation sites in central Broward County, part of the Tequesta Sub- Area of the Glades Area of South Florida. This report explores the idea that these sites were more than mere hunting camps, but were semi-permanent interrelated inland communities. These sites probably date from the Late Archaic through tho Glades Periods in an uninterrupted sequence based on the ceramics and non-ceramic artifacts recovered.
- Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14142
- Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Florida--Antiquities, Rolling Oaks II Site (Fla), Florida--Antiquities
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE SPANISH RIVER COMPLEX: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNING IN THE EASTERN OKEECHOBEE SUB-AREA, FLORIDA.
- Creator
- FUREY, JOHN F. JR., Florida Atlantic University, Ferguson, Leland G., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Through controlled stratigraphic excavations, surface collections and published reports, a coastal Belle Glade settlement pattern and cultural complex is reconstructed. This site was continually occupied for a period of about 1,000 years. A population increase and an increase in socio-political complexity coincides with a change in the subsistence base at this complex during the Glades I period. This same economic change is noted in many middens along the Florida east coast and is believed to...
Show moreThrough controlled stratigraphic excavations, surface collections and published reports, a coastal Belle Glade settlement pattern and cultural complex is reconstructed. This site was continually occupied for a period of about 1,000 years. A population increase and an increase in socio-political complexity coincides with a change in the subsistence base at this complex during the Glades I period. This same economic change is noted in many middens along the Florida east coast and is believed to have been caused by the introduction of agriculture. This was accompanied by a religious movement in which mound construction and burial within these mounds were practiced. The diffusion of this economic-ceremonial complex was from the Lake Okeechobee area where it developed during the Hopewell period.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1972
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13500
- Subject Headings
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Florida--Lake Okeechobee Region, Florida--Antiquities
- Format
- Document (PDF)