Introduction: The Theory and the Area -- 1. Caciques and Conquistadors: Aboriginal Peoples in the Menendez Period -- 2. On the Trail of Big Game: The Paleoindian Presence in South Florida -- 3. Living Off the Land: The Enduring Hunting and Gathering Societies -- 4. Earthworks and Effigies: Hopewellian-Related Societies Around the Big Lake -- 5. Down to the Sea and the Shells: The Shift of Power to Southwest Florida -- 6. The Road to Extinction: Aboriginal Peoples after the Menendez Period
Analysis
Anthropology
Florida Antiquities
Indians Florida Antiquities
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-135) and index