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- PHYSICAL AND HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INDIANS FROM THE FORT CENTER SITE (OSTEOLOGY, PALEOPATHOLOGY, FLORIDA).
- Creator
- SHAIVITZ, PATRICIA MILLER., Florida Atlantic University, Iscan, M. Yasar, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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The prehistoric Florida Indians are biologically the least known group among the indigenous peoples North American. The purpose of this investigation is to establish a biological profile for a prehistoric Indian population excavated from Fort Center. The skeletal remains analyzed include over 100 individuals. The site is dated 450 B.C. to 1700 A.D. The skeletal remains are from the period 200 A.D. to 600-800 A.D. Archaeological interpretation of Fort Center indicates that it was a ceremonial...
Show moreThe prehistoric Florida Indians are biologically the least known group among the indigenous peoples North American. The purpose of this investigation is to establish a biological profile for a prehistoric Indian population excavated from Fort Center. The skeletal remains analyzed include over 100 individuals. The site is dated 450 B.C. to 1700 A.D. The skeletal remains are from the period 200 A.D. to 600-800 A.D. Archaeological interpretation of Fort Center indicates that it was a ceremonial complex during the 200 A.D. to 600-800 A.D. period, and therefore at least certain people residing there may be presumed to have occupied some high social status. The absence of major bone diseases confirms the archaeological interpretation, and provides a data base for future comparison of other Florida prehistoric populations.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1986
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14294
- Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Florida--Physical characteristics, Fort Center Site (Fla), Indians of North America--Florida--Health and hygiene
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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
- 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
- Format
- Document (PDF)