New histories of pre-Columbian Florida

Given its pivotal location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, its numerous islands, its abundant flora and fauna, and its subtropical climate, Florida has long been ideal for human habitation. Yet Florida traditionally has been considered peripheral in the study of ancient cultures i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wallis, Neill J. (-), Randall, Asa R.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida [2014].
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30759924*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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. Mones, 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.