accretionary middens (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Eric Poplin. Howard Cyr. Kandace Hollenbach. David Baluha. Carolyn Rock.

A multi-disciplinary approach was taken during recent archaeological investigations at multiple Everglades tree island accretionary middens. The research design focused on recovering as much information as possible to ascertain the evolution of tree islands across the Everglades with respect to human adaptation. An immense amount of material was recovered, which permitted researchers to reconstruct paleo-botanical environments, soil formation processes, and human adaptations on these tree...