Prehistoric peoples of South Florida / William E. McGoun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGoun, William E., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Florida--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Florida--Antiquities.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

To many people in South Florida, and ""oldtimer"" is someone who has lived there for more than five years. Prehistoric Peoples of South Florida considers the culture history of the real South Florida ""oldtimers"" dating from 10,000 B.C. through the invasion by Europeans and analyzes the ways in which they adapted to their environment through time-or caused their environment to adapt to them. South Florida is a biological island, its plant communities circumscribed by the southern limits of frost. Its peoples were distinct from those to the north and were less studied

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Introduction: The Theory and the Area; 1. Caciques and Conquistadors: Aboriginal Peoples in the Menéndez Period; 2. On the Trail of Big Game: The Paleoindian Presence in South Florida; 3. Living Off the Land: The Enduring Hunting and Gathering Societies; 4. Earthworks and Effigies: Hopewellian-Related Societies Around the Big Lake; 5. Down to the Sea and the Shells: The Shift of Power to Southwest Florida; 6. The Road to Extinction: Aboriginal Peoples after the Menéndez Period; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-135) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8410-3

0-585-08178-6

OCLC:

650060147