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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778832703321

Autore

Moore Clarence B (Clarence Bloomfield), <1852-1936.>

Titolo

The east Florida expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey M. Mitchem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999

ISBN

0-585-14097-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Collana

Classics in southeastern archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

MitchemJeffrey M

Disciplina

975.01

975.9/101

975.9101

Soggetti

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

Archaeological expeditions - Florida - Saint Johns River Watershed

Excavations (Archaeology) - Florida - Saint Johns River Watershed - History

Saint Johns River Watershed (Fla.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of works originally published 1892-1903.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction by Jeffrey M. Mitchem; A Burial Mound of Florida [1892]; Supplementary Investigation at Tick Island [1892]; Mounds in Florida [1892]; Certain Shell Heaps of the St. John's River, Florida, Hitherto Unexplored; Certain Sand Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida; Tobacco Pipes in Shell-Heaps of the St. John's [1894]; Additional Mounds of Duval and of Clay Counties, Florida. Mound Investigation on the East Coast of Florida. Certain Florida Coast Mounds North of the St. Johns River [1896]; Recent Acquisitions. A "Banner-Stone" of Shell [1898]

A Cache of Pendent Ornaments [1898] Sheet-Copper from the Mounds Is Not Necessarily of European Origin [1903]; Indexes

Sommario/riassunto

A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication  This comprehensive compilation of Moore's archaeological publications on eastern Florida will prove an invaluable primary resource for Florida archaeologists. Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936), a wealthy Philadelphia socialite, paper company heir, and photographer made the archaeology of the Southeast his



passion beginning in the 1870's. This volume collects 17 of Moore's publications on East Florida, originally published between 1892 and 1903. These invaluable and copiously illustrated works document the results of Moore's