Linear Earthworks (Other Keyword)

1-1 (1 Record)

Belle Glade Monumental Construction Examined (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Christian Davenport.

Some of the densest concentrations of prehistoric monumental construction in Florida are located within the Kissimmee River valley/ Lake Okeechobee basin areas. Based on 1930s-1940s aerial images and limited field investigations archaeologists have created typologies for the various circle ditch and linear earthworks. However, these studies did not examine the intra-relationships of the subcomponents that comprise the individual mound complexes, nor the intersite relationships to the physical...