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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825684603321

Autore

Randall Asa R.

Titolo

Constructing histories : archaic freshwater shell mounds and social landscapes of the St. Johns River, Florida / / Asa R. Randall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8130-5128-2

0-8130-5543-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Ripley P. Bullen Series

Disciplina

975.9/1

Soggetti

Kitchen-middens - Florida - Saint Johns River Valley

Hunting and gathering societies - Florida - Saint Johns River Valley

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

Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Archaic shell mounds on the St. Johns River -- Shell mounds and hunter-gatherers in prehistory -- Hunter-gatherers, landscapes, and histories -- Ecological histories in the middle holocene -- The traditions of Mount Taylor communities -- Mount Taylor places in time and space -- Histories inscribed in place -- Mount Taylor social histories.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a challenging interpretation of ancient hunter-gatherer societies along the St. Johns River in northeast Florida and reveals that these mounds were not just garbage dumps, but rather intentionally constructed sacred mounds of immense significance to their creators. The book presents a new theoretical framework for investigating shell mounds as places of history-making through daily living, ceremonies, and burial ritual.