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Archaeology of northern Florida, A.D. 200-900: the McKeithen Weeden Island culture
1984
Abstract
More than a millennium ago, the Weeden Island culture flourished across the northern half of Florida and adjacent portions of the Alabama and Georgia coastal plain. For more than a century, archaeologists have marveled over the extraordinary animal effigy pottery vessels left behind by these pre-Columbian peoples in their mounds and villages.
In this volume the authors draw on north Florida archaeological excavations and site surveys to unlock the secrets of the Weeden Island culture and its magnificent ceramics. In particular, investigations at the McKeithen site, a multi-mound village site, provide information used to place the culture within the evolutionary framework of native societies in the southeastern United States. New radiocarbon dates from that site establish a firm chronological framework for Weeden Island developments.
The authors examine the role of mound-building vis-à-vis social and village organization and provide definitive assessments about the crafting of Weeden Island ceramics and the ritual and social significance of animal effigy figurines and other pottery. From a wealth of past and present field investigations and from modern laboratory analyses, conclusions are offered about Weeden Island lifeways, social structure, and sociopolitical stability.
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- Title
- Archaeology of northern Florida, A.D. 200-900
- Creators
- Jerald T MilanichTim A. Kohler - Washington State University, Anthropology, Department ofAnn S. CordellVernon J. KnightBrenda J. Sigler-Lavelle
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Number of pages
- xviii, 222 pages
- Identifiers
- 9780813015385; 99900590461501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book