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

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 presen...

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Main Author:	Randall, Asa R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:	Ripley P. Bullen series.
Subjects:	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. Saint Johns River Valley (Fla.) > Antiquities.

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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.
Item Description:	"A Florida Quincentennial book"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	xii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780813061016 0813061016