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

Author: Randall, Asa R.
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Copyright Date: ©2015
Physical Description: xii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

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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.

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ISBN

9780813061016
0813061016

Note

"A Florida Quincentennial book"--Title page verso.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-316) and index.

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