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Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi 1. Late Prehistoric Florida: An Introduction 1 Keith Ashley and Nancy Marie White 2. Southwest Florida during the Mississippi Period 29 William H. Marquardt and Karen J. Walker 3. Mississippian Influence in the Glades, Belle Glade, and East Okeechobee Areas of South Florida 62 Robert S. Carr 4. The Indian River Region during the Mississippi Period 81 Thomas E. Penders 5. Early St. Johns II Interaction, Exchange, and Politics: A View from Northeastern Florida 100 Keith Ashley 6. The Alachua of North-Central Florida 126 Vicki Rolland 7. An Overview of the Suwannee Valley Culture 149 John E. Worth 8. Safety Harbor: Mississippian Influence in the Circum–Tampa Bay Region 172 Jeffrey M. Mitchem 9. Fort Walton Culture in the Tallahassee Hills 186 Rochelle A. Marrinan 10. Fort Walton Culture in the Apalachicola Valley, Northwest Florida 231 Nancy Marie White, Jeffrey P. Du Vernay, and Amber J. Yuellig 11. Defining Pensacola and Fort Walton Cultures in the Western Panhandle 275 Norma Harris 12. The Mississippi Period in Florida: A View from the Mississippian World of Cahokia 296 John E. Kelly References Cited 311 List of Contributors 363 Index 365 ...

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