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ANALYSIS OF THE NON-CERAMIC ARTIFACTS FROM A HOPEWELLIAN AFFILIATED SITE IN GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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Creator
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STEINEN, KARL TERRY., Florida Atlantic University, Ferguson, Leland G., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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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.
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Date Issued
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1971
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13472
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Subject Headings
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Hopewell culture, Fort Center Site (Fla), Florida--Antiquities
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Document (PDF)
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THE SPANISH RIVER COMPLEX: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SETTLEMENT PATTERNING IN THE EASTERN OKEECHOBEE SUB-AREA, FLORIDA.
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Creator
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FUREY, JOHN F. JR., Florida Atlantic University, Ferguson, Leland G., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
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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.
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Date Issued
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1972
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13500
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Subject Headings
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Excavations (Archaeology)--Florida--Lake Okeechobee Region, Florida--Antiquities
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Document (PDF)
