Michael (Mike) Wisenbaker Reports
These are documents written by Mike Wisenbaker, during his time as archaeology supervisor for public lands archaeology at the Florida Department of State.
Site Name Keywords
8M01446 •
Lignumvitae Key •
8JA67, 8JA1761, 8JA1756, 8JA1757 and 8JA1766 •
8FR--12, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 51, 826, 893, 894, 904 and 905 •
Sunday Reel and two others, 8FR940, 8FR941 and 8FR942 •
8LA2780, Historic Ponceannah, 8LA2781 •
Hutto Pond--8MD18 •
8HI450D or Fletcher Avenue site •
8HI539-550 plus we revisted nine previously recorded sites
Site Type Keywords
Archaeological Feature •
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features •
Artifact Scatter •
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features •
Non-Domestic Structures •
Isolated Artifact •
Settlements •
Domestic Structures •
Cemetery
Other Keywords
Prehistory •
Lithic Scatter •
Transmission Line •
Historical Survey •
Significance / Management •
Cultural Resource Overview / Synthesis-Project •
Field Reconnaissance--Intensive •
Historic Artifact Scatter •
Newnan Point •
Historic House Site
Culture Keywords
Mississippian •
Archaic •
Woodland •
Historic •
PaleoIndian •
Middle Archaic •
Early Archaic •
Late Archaic •
Early Woodland •
Middle Woodland
Investigation Types
Historic Background Research •
Records Search / Inventory Checking •
Archaeological Overview •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis •
Site Evaluation / Testing •
Environment Research •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Consultation •
Research Design / Data Recovery Plan •
Collections Research
Material Types
Ceramic •
Chipped Stone •
Metal •
Shell •
Glass •
Building Materials •
Human Remains •
Fauna •
Wood •
primarily lithic and ceramic scatters and a cattle dipping vat from historic period
Temporal Keywords
PALEO - Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian •
Late 19th/Early 20th century •
Tequesta, Calusa, 1500s to Present •
Middle Archaic, Norwood, Deptford, Swift Creek, Weeden Island, Fort Walton, 19th and 20th Century •
Norwood, Deptford, Swift Creek, Weeden Island, Fort Walton, 19th and 20th Century •
Early and Middle Archaic •
Middle Archaic, Late Archaic, Deptford, Weeden Island, Perico Island, Safety Harbor
Geographic Keywords
Florida (State / Territory) •
North America (Continent) •
USA (Country) •
United States of America (Country) •
Franklin County (County) •
Hillsborough County (County) •
Jackson County (County) •
Manatee County (County) •
Sarasota County (County) •
Hardee County (County)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-10 of 10)
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ABORIGINAL SETTLEMENT IN THE APALACHEE REGION OF FLORIDA (1998)
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This paper discusses types of archaeological and historic sites presently found within the Woodville Karst Plain. Site there range in age from Paleo-Indian (12,000 to 10,000 B.P.) to mid-20th Century historic sites. They range in type and function from burial mounds to small special use sites. The karst features such as sinkholes and springs, would have been especially attractive to Native Americans in that they not only provided water during times of lower water tables, but also exposed...
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An Archaeological and Historical Report on Jackson Blue Springs and Merritt's Millpond, Jackson County, Florida (2002)
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What Blue Springs County Park lacks in size, it makes up for in cultural resources, both in terms of density and variety. For example, three archaeological sites were recorded within the park at the time of state acquisition. While the CARL Archaeological Survey intended to do a typical reconnaissance survey there, we ended up doing mostly gratis mitigation work to help Jackson County save money. Consequently, much work still needs to be done to get a better and clearer understanding of the...
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An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Bald Point State Park, Franklin County, Florida (2001)
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The CARL Archaeological Survey made four visits to Bald Point State Park. These visits occurred in December 1999 and on March 2000, June 2000 and April 2001. The first three visits were done to test and mitigate any damage that may have resulted from scheduled construction activities in the park for proposed new amenities such as storage areas, boardwalks, picnic tables, parking areas, etc. On the other hand, after specific testing had been completed on those three visits we performed some...
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An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Seven Proposed Recreation Resource Sites in the Lower Hillsborough River Flood Detention Area, Hillsborough County, Floridal (1979)
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This introduction presents the results of an archaeological and historical site assessment survey conducted by the Florida Division of Archives, History and Records Management within the Lower Hillsborough River Flood Detention Area. The locales surveyed consisted of seven proposed recreation resource sites within the larger area which is located about seven miles northeast of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida. The seven survey locales occupy portions of Sections 6, 13, 19-22, 28-31 and 33...
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Archaeological and Historical Survey of the Proposed Keentown-Whidden Transmission Line in De Soto, Hardee, and Manatee Counties, Florida (1981)
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This report presents the results of an archaeological and historical survey performed by the Florida Division of Archives, History and Records Management under contract with Florida Power and Light Company. The area surveyed consisted of a 38.5 mille long corridor 110 feet wide, which will be used for a 240 kv transmission line. The line begins at the Whidden substation, just east of Arcadia in De Soto County, and ends at the Keentown substation in Manatee County.
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Archaeological Report on the Hutto Pond Site (MD18) in Madison County, Florida (2015)
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In 1971, the Division of Archives, History and Records Management (now the Division of Historical Resources) at the request of the Florida Department of Transportation conducted archaeological excavations at site 8MD18 just southwest of Madison, Florida. The Hutto Pond site was discovered during a survey of the proposed 1-10 corridor (Interstate 10 ultimately would serve as a direct link across the southern U.S. between Jacksonville and Los Angeles) by state archaeologist B. Calvin Jones. It...
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Historic Ponceannah, Lake County, Florida (2015)
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This historic site was first recorded in the Florida Master Site File as LA2780 in 2003 during an archaeological and historical reconnaissance survey conducted by James Dunbar and Christine Newman, both former employees of the Florida Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Archaeological Research, CARL Archaeological Survey (now Public Lands Archaeology program) of Seminole State Forest in Lake County, Florida. Dunbar and Newman reported their findings in "An Assessment and Documentation...
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The Origins and Age of the Stone Wall (8M01446) site at Lignumvitae Key (2017)
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Near the end of June in 2016, I traveled to the Florida Keys with Arie Larson, who acts as DEP's Division of State Lands (Office of Environmental Services) land management review coordinator. State agencies that manage lands covering 1,000 or more acres of property owned by the Florida Board of Trustees are mandated by law to undergo a land management review every five years. Although DHR lacks a specific statutory role in this process, we occasionally participate in some of these field reviews...
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A Preliminary Report on Archaeological and Historical Resources within the Recent Addition to Bald Point State Park (2004)
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DHR archaeologists made several visits to Bald Point State Park from 1999 through 2001 to look for and better document historical resources within this newly acquired park (Wisenbaker and Swann 2001 ). In 2003, however, Bald Point State Park grew by 2,851 acres, more than tripling the size of the park. Early in 2004, Park Specialist Bonnie Allen called us to tell us about several unrecorded sites that she had discovered within this addition. In so doing, she invited us to come to the park to...
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Test Excavations at 8Hi450D: An Inland Archaic Occupation in Hillsborough County, Florida (1981)
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This report presents the results of Phase II test excavations of 8Hi450D - one of the thirteen sites identified during the 1978 archaeological survey of the Hillsborough County portion of the proposed I-75 right-of-way, by B. Calvin Jones of the Florida Division of Archives, History, and Records Management. A total of thirty-one sites were found within the finalized right-of-way location, however, only thirteen sites were determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic...