New Histories of Pre-Columbian Florida

Contents

Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables x Introduction: New Approaches to Ancient Florida 1 Neill J. Wallis and Asa R. Randall 1. Archaic Histories beyond the Shell “Heap” on the St. Johns River 18 Asa R. Randall, Kenneth E. Sassaman, Zackary I. Gilmore, Meggan E. Blessing, and Jason M. O’Donoughue 2. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Caloosahatchee Shell Mound Building 38 Theresa Schober 3. Monumentality beyond Scale: The Elaboration of Mounded Architecture at Crystal River 62 Thomas J. Pluckhahn and Victor D. Thompson 4. New Insights on the Woodland and Mississippi Periods of WestPeninsular Florida 74 George M. Luer 5. Radiocarbon Dates and the Late Prehistory of Tampa Bay 94 Robert J. Austin, Jeffrey M. Mitchem, and Brent R. Weisman 6. Northwest Florida Woodland Mounds and Middens: The Sacred and Not So Secular 121 Michael Russo, Craig Dengel, and Jeffrey Shanks 7. North Gulf Coastal Archaeology of the Here and Now 143 Kenneth E. Sassaman, Paulette S. McFadden, Micah P. Monés, Andrea Palmiotto, and Asa R. Randall 8. The Modification and Manipulation of Landscape at Fort Center 163 Victor D. Thompson and Thomas J. Pluckhahn 9. Crafting Orange Pottery in Early Florida: Production and Distribution 183 Rebecca Saunders and Margaret K. Wrenn 10. It’s Ceremonial, Right? Exploring Ritual in Ancient Southern Florida through the Miami Circle 203 Ryan J. Wheeler and Robert S. Carr 11. Woodland and Mississippian in Northwest Florida: Part of the South but Different 223 Nancy Marie White 12. Ritualized Practices of the Suwannee Valley Culture in North Florida 243 Neill J. Wallis 13. Ritual at the Mill Cove Complex: Realms beyond the River 262 Keith Ashley and Vicki Rolland List of Contributors 283 Index 287 ...