Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Constructing histories

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

908660773

Responsibility statement

Asa R. Randall

Series statement

Florida museum of natural history: Ripley P. Bullen series

Sub title

archaic freshwater shell mounds and social landscapes of the St. Johns River, Florida

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

Table Of 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

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