Title Constructing histories : archaic freshwater shell mounds and social landscapes of the St. Johns River, Florida / Asa R. Randall

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series The Ripley P. Bullen series Ripley P. Bullen series. Contents Introduction: Archaic shell mounds on the St. Johns River -- Shell mounds and hunter-gatherers in prehistory -- Hunter-gatherers, landscapes, and histories -- Ecological histories in the middle holocene -- The traditions of Mount Taylor communities -- Mount Taylor places in time and space -- Histories inscribed in place -- Mount Taylor social histories Summary This book provides a challenging interpretation of ancient hunter-gatherer societies along the St. Johns River in northeast Florida and reveals that these mounds were not just garbage dumps, but rather intentionally constructed sacred mounds of immense significance to their creators. The book presents a new theoretical framework for investigating shell mounds as places of history-making through daily living, ceremonies, and burial ritual Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Kitchen-middens -- Florida -- Saint Johns River Valley Hunting and gathering societies -- Florida -- Saint Johns River Valley Indians of North America -- Florida -- Saint Johns River Valley -- Antiquities HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Hunting and gathering societies Indians of North America -- Antiquities Kitchen-middens SUBJECT Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) -- Antiquities Subject Florida -- Saint Johns River Valley Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813055435 0813055431 9780813051284 0813051282

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