Archaeology of Northern Florida, A.D. 200-900

, by Milanich, Jerald T.; Cordell, Ann S.; Knight, Vernon J.; Kohler, Timothy A.; Sigler-Lavelle, Brenda J.

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ISBN: 9780813015385 | 0813015383
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/22/1997

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"Readable, informative, and simply indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Eastern North America's prehistory". -- American Antiquity

LIST OF FIGURES

(2)

LIST OF TABLES

xiii

(2)

PREFACE

(2)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xvii

1. Behind the Scenes

(8)

2. The Concept of Weeden Island

(16)

Geographic and Temporal Distribution

(6)

The Development of the Weeden Island Concept

(9)

3. Patterns of Site Location and Prehistoric Occupation

(20)

North Florida: Region of the McKeithen Weeden Island Culture

(3)

Physiography

(1)

Natural Environment

(5)

Site Distribution Data from North Florida

(2)

McKeithen Weeden Island Settlement Patterns

(8)

4. The McKeithen Village

(46)

Generating Test Implications

(5)

Field Investigations

(12)

Ceramics

(7)

Lithic Materials

(6)

Floral and Faunal Remains

(1)

Building a Chronology

(5)

A Return to the Hypothesis

(8)

Summary

(2)

5. Charnel Knowledge: McKeithen Mounds

(29)

Preparation of the Dead: Mound A

(11)

Residence and Tomb of the Religious Specialist: Mound B

105

(7)

Final Interment: Mound C

112

(5)

Good News-Bad News Archaeology

117

(3)

6. Technological Analysis of the Ceramics

120

(20)

Origin of Manufacture

121

(4)

Specialized Use: Sacred-Secular Ceramic Variability

125

(7)

Craft Specialization in the Manufacture of Pottery

132

(8)

7. Description of the Pottery Vessels from the McKeithen Mounds

140

(23)

Mound A

140

(6)

Mound B

146

(4)

Mound C

150

(10)

Comparison of the Mound Ceramic Assemblages

160

(3)

8. Symbolism: Interpreting the Mound C Pottery Cache and Related Weeden Island Ceramics

163

(22)

Theoretical and Methodological Bases for the Analysis

163

(2)

The Mound C Effigy Vessels and Their Cultural Contexts

165

(4)

Relation to Zooarchaeological Studies

169

(2)

Identification and Symbolism of Animal Classes

171

(11)

Integrating the Symbols

182

(3)

9. Interpreting Weeden Island

185

(16)

Chronology

185

(2)

Village Life, Settlements, and Social Organization

187

(8)

Ceramics: Technological and Symbolic Approaches

195

(2)

The Big Picture: Weeden Island and the Greater Southeast

197

(4)

Appendix: Other North Florida Weeden Island Sites

201

(8)

Johns Pond Village Site

202

(1)

Leslie Mound and Village

202

(1)

Carter Mound 1 Complex

203

(6)

REFERENCES

209

(8)

INDEX

217

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Archaeology of Northern Florida, A.D. 200-900

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