New histories of Pre-Columbian Florida / edited by Neill J. Wallis and Asa R. Randall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallis, Neill J.

Randall, Asa R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Florida--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Woodland Indians.

Mississippian culture.

Florida.

Antiquities.

Mississippian culture--Florida.

Woodland Indians--Florida.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Florida.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Kitchen-middens--Florida.

Kitchen-middens.

Florida--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014].

Summary:

This volume aims to bring the archaeological study of Florida's Pre-Columbian past up to date, using new techniques, technologies and data to reveal that the Pre-Columbian natives were not isolated and environmentally segregated, as was previously thought.

Contents:

Introduction: New approaches to ancient Florida / Neill J. Wallis and Asa R. Randall

Archaic histories beyond the shell "heap" on the St. Johns River / Asa R. Randall, Kenneth E. Sassaman, Zackary I. Gilmore, Meggan E. Blessing, and Jason M. O'Donoughue

Deconstructing and reconstructing Caloosahatchee Shell Mound building / Theresa Schober

Monumentality beyond scale: the elaboration of mounded architecture at Crystal River / Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Victor D. Thompson

New insights on the woodland and Mississippian periods of west-peninsular Florida / George M. Luer

Radiocarbon dates and the late prehistory of Tampa Bay / Robert J. Austin, Jeffrey M. Mitchem, and Brent R. Weisman

Northwest Florida woodland mounds and middens: the sacred and not so secular / Michael Russo, Craig Dengel, and Jeffrey Shanks

North gulf coastal archaeology of the here and now / Kenneth E. Sassaman, Paulette S. McFadden, Micah P. Monés, Andrea Palmiotto, and Asa R. Randall

The modification and manipulation of landscape at Fort Center / Victor D. Thompson and Thomas J. Pluckhahn

Crafting orange pottery in early Florida: production and distribution / Rebecca Saunders and Margaret K. Wrenn

It's ceremonial, right? Exploring ritual in ancient southern Florida through the Miami Circle / Ryan J. Wheeler and Robert S. Carr

Woodland and Mississippian in Northwest Florida: part of the south but different / Nancy Marie White

Ritualized practices of the Suwannee Valley culture in North Florida / Neill J. Wallis

Ritual at the Mill Cove complex: realms beyond the river / Keith Ashley and Vicki Rolland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813049366

0813049369

OCLC:

857740648