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People of the Great Circle : prehistoric mound builders in South Florida /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ehmann, Ted, 1949- (authir.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Palm Beach, Florida : Pineapple Press, Inc., [2020]
Subjects:
Mounds > Florida.
Mound-builders > Florida.
Calusa Indians > Florida.
Indians of North America > Florida.
Florida > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Calusa Indians.
Indians of North America.
Mound-builders.
Mounds.
Florida.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Florida's best-kept secrets
  • Bias and predisposition in the archaeology
  • Decades of disagreement and disregard
  • Culture regions and chronologies that don't work
  • Humanizing models for understanding adaptation
  • Viewing prehistoric South Florida in a global context
  • Sacred places and sacred spaces
  • Viewing the Calusa and Mayaimi in a local context
  • Some totally unique cultural variations
  • The mythology and beliefs of the Calusa and their neighbors
  • One land, one culture
  • Visiting the Calusa and Mayaimi sites
  • Time, money, and the public
  • Epilogue.