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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467870603321

Autore

O'Donoughue Jason M. <1979->

Titolo

Water from stone : archaeology and conservation at Florida's springs / / Jason O'Donoughue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-68340-030-5

1-68340-018-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Collana

Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Disciplina

975.9/18

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Florida - Saint Johns River Valley - Antiquities

Excavations (Archaeology) - Florida - Saint Johns River Valley

Springs - Florida - Saint Johns River Valley

Electronic books.

Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) History

Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Smoke on the water -- Springs geology -- Spring origins -- Sacred spring -- Springs on-the-move -- Springs eternal.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the archaeological significance of springs in the St. Johns River Valley of Florida. Archaeologists have long focused on springs' ecological capacities and have failed to recognize the importance of these places to ancient Floridians. Meanwhile, contemporary conservation narratives, rarely informed by archaeological knowledge, rely on a simplistic notion of eternal, pristine springs that likewise downplays their past significance. O'Donoughue develops an alternative approach that foregrounds springs as places of social interaction with deep historical import.