Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida’s Watery Realms
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Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida’s Watery Realms

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  2. English
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Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida’s Watery Realms

About this book

Beginning with Frank Hamilton Cushing's famous excavations at Key Marco in 1896, a large and diverse collection of animal carvings, dugout canoes, and other wooden objects has been uncovered from Florida's watery landscapes. Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida's Watery Realms explores new discoveries and reexamines existing artifacts to reveal the influential role of water in the daily lives of Florida's early inhabitants. Contributors compare anthropomorphic wooden carvings such as the Key Marco cat statuette to figures found elsewhere in the Southeast, connecting Floridians with the Mississippian world. They use ethnographic data to argue that Newnans Lake was once an intersection between major watersheds and that the more than 100 canoes unearthed there likely facilitated travel throughout the peninsula. A second look at artifacts from the Fort Center pond reveals mortuary figurines were deposited intentionally and over the course of several centuries. Other sites discussed include Chassahowitzka Springs, Weedon Island Preserve, Pineland, and Hontoon Island. Essays address the challenges of excavating and preserving perishable artifacts from waterlogged sites, especially those in saltwater environments, highlight the value of revisiting museum collections to ask new questions and employ new analytical techniques, and emphasize the important role of the public in the discovery of wetland sites. This volume demonstrates that, despite the difficulties faced by archaeologists working with saturated deposits, these sites are vital for understanding Florida's prehistory. Contributors: Ryan J. Wheeler | Joanna Ostapkowicz | Michael A. Arbuthnot | Merald R. Clark | Julia B. Duggins | Michael Faught | Vernon James Knight | Phyllis Kolianos | William H. Marquardt | Lee A. Newsom | Daniel M. Seinfeld | S. Margaret Spivey-Faulkner | Karen Walker A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Iconography and Wetsite Archaeology of Florida’s Watery Realms
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword
  9. 1. From Watery Realms
  10. 2. Mounds, Watery Places, and Death in South Florida: The Fort Center Mound-Pond Complex
  11. 3. Spring Surprise: The Lessons Learned from and the Unexpected Results of the Chassahowitzka Headsprings Archaeological Assessment and Monitoring Project
  12. 4. Wood Preservation Dilemmas of Florida’s Prehistoric Saltwater Sites: Key Marco and Weedon Island
  13. 5. Canoe Caching at Transit Points: Inferring Florida’s Ancient Navigation Routes Using Archaeology and Ethnohistory
  14. 6. The Pineland Site Complex: A Southwest Florida Coastal Wetsite
  15. 7. Fort Center’s Wooden Bestiary: Early Impressions from a Reanalysis
  16. 8. The Padgett Figurine and Other Pre-Columbian Wooden Statuettes from Florida
  17. 9. Owls, Otters, and Pelicans in Watery Realms
  18. List of Contributors
  19. Index