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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Randall, Asa R., author.

Series:

Ripley P. Bullen series.

Ripley P. Bullen Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kitchen-middens--Florida--Saint Johns River Valley.

Kitchen-middens.

Hunting and gathering societies--Florida--Saint Johns River Valley.

Hunting and gathering societies.

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

Indians of North America.

Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.)--Antiquities.

Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5128-2

0-8130-5543-1

OCLC:

913828897