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New Histories of Pre-Columbian Florida (Hardcover)
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New Histories of Pre-Columbian Florida (Hardcover)
Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
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"Theoretically sophisticated and empirically well-grounded. Sets a
course for exciting new directions in archaeology at the edge of
the American South and the broader Caribbean world."--Christopher
B. Rodning, coeditor of "Archaeological Studies of Gender in the
Southeastern United States" "Successfully repositions the story of
Florida's native peoples from the peripheries of history and
anthropology to center stage."--Thomas E. Emerson, author of
"Cahokia and the Archaeology of Power" Given its pivotal location
between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, its numerous
islands, its abundant flora and fauna, and its subtropical climate,
Florida has long been ideal for human habitation. Yet Florida
traditionally has been considered peripheral in the study of
ancient cultures in North America, despite what it can reveal about
social and climate change. The essays in this book resoundingly
argue that Florida is in fact a crucial hub of archaeological
inquiry.
"New Histories of Pre-Columbian Florida" represents the next wave
of southeastern archaeology. Contributors use new data to challenge
well-worn models of environmental determinism and localized social
contact. Indeed, this volume makes a case for considerable
interaction and exchange among Native Floridians and the greater
southeastern United States as seen by the variety of objects of
distant origin and mound-building traditions that incorporated
extraregional concepts. Themes of monumentality, human alterations
of landscapes, the natural environment, ritual and mortuary
practices, and coastal adaptations demonstrate the diversity,
empirical richness, and broader anthropological significance of
Florida's aboriginal past.
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