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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825889403321

Titolo

Late prehistoric Florida [[electronic resource] ] : archaeology at the edge of the Mississippian world / / edited by Keith Ashley and Nancy Marie White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2012

ISBN

0-8130-4382-4

0-8130-4358-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (413 p.)

Collana

Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

Altri autori (Persone)

AshleyKeith H

WhiteNancy Marie

Disciplina

975.9/01

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Florida

Mississippian culture - Florida

Florida 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 (p. [311]-361) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Late Prehistoric Florida: An Introduction; 2. Southwest Florida during the Mississippi Period; 3. Mississippian Influence in the Glades, Belle Glade, and East Okeechobee Areas of South Florida; 4. The Indian River Region during the Mississippi Period; 5. Early St. Johns II Interaction, Exchange, and Politics: A View from Northeastern Florida; 6. The Alachua of North-Central Florida; 7. An Overview of the Suwannee Valley Culture; 8. Safety Harbor: Mississippian Influence in the Circum-Tampa Bay Region

9. Fort Walton Culture in the Tallahassee Hills10. Fort Walton Culture in the Apalachicola Valley, Northwest Florida; 11. Defining Pensacola and Fort Walton Cultures in the Western Panhandle; 12. The Mississippi Period in Florida: A View from the Mississippian World of Cahokia; References Cited; List of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Prehistoric Florida societies, particularly those of the peninsula, have been largely ignored or given only minor consideration in overviews of the Mississippian southeast (A.D. 1000-1600). This groundbreaking



volume lifts the veil of uniformity frequently draped over these regions in the literature, providing the first comprehensive examination of Mississippi-period archaeology in the state.     Featuring contributions from some of the most prominent researchers in the field, this collection describes and synthesizes the latest data from excavations throughout Florida. In doing so, it