Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida

This record of pre-Columbian Florida relates the 12,000-year story of the native peoples who inhabited the state. Using information gathered by archaeological investigations, many carried out since 1980, Jerald Milanich describes the indigenous cultures and explains why they developed as they did. Milanich introduces the material heritage of the first This record of pre-Columbian Florida relates the 12,000-year story of the native peoples who inhabited the state. Using information gathered by archaeological investigations, many carried out since 1980, Jerald Milanich describes the indigenous cultures and explains why they developed as they did. Milanich introduces the material heritage of the first Floridi ans through the interpretation of artifacts and archaeological sites. Weaving together discoveries from such sites as the Lake Jackson mounds near Tallahassee, Crystal River on the Gulf Coast and Granada on the Miami River, he relates the long histories of the native groups whose descendents were decimated during the European conquest of the 16th and 17th centuries. Milanich begins with an overview of the history of archaeology in Florida. He then describes the earliest aboriginal cultures: the Paleoindians and the people of the Archaic period. The later, regional cultures (Weeden Island, Fort Walton, Glades, Caloosahatchee and many others are correlated with geographical and environmental regions and then compared to provide insights about the nature of chiefdom societies, the effects of wetlands on pre-Columbian settlement systems and the environmental history of the state. Maps and illustrations document this history of archaeological research in Florida and of the sites and artifacts (including Weeden Island pottery vessels and Belle Glade wooden carvings) left behind by the pre-Columbian people.

ISBN 0813012724   Pages 496 ISBN13 9780813012728 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher University Press of Florida   Weight (grammes) 998 Imprint University Press of Florida   Published in Florida Format Hardback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 31 Mar 1994   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress E78.F6M545   Spine width (mm) 37 DEWEY 975.9   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC12A

		List of Illustrations and Tables
		Preface
Ch. 1		A Brief History of Archaeology in Florida		1
Pt. I		Early Hunters, Gatherers, and Fishers		31
Ch. 2		The Paleoindians		37
Ch. 3		Archaic Cultures		61
Pt. II		Development of Regional Cultures		105
Ch. 4		Deptford, Swift Creek, and Santa Rosa-Swift Creek Cultures		111
Ch. 5		Weeden Island Cultures of Northern Florida		155
Ch. 6		Weeden Island Cultures of Peninsular Florida		205
Ch. 7		Cultures of Eastern and Central Florida		243
Ch. 8		The South Florida Cultures		275
Pt. III		Other Cultures of the Late Precolumbian Period		325
Ch. 9		Alachua and Suwannee Valley Cultures		331
Ch. 10		Fort Walton and Pensacola Cultures		355
Ch. 11		Safety Harbor Culture		389
		Epilogue		413
		References		419
		Index		459

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