Preliminary Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Avon Park Air Force Range, Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida

Author(s): Robert J. Austin; Jacquelyn G. Piper

Year: 1986

Summary

A preliminary cultural resource assessment survey was conducted of the 106,210 acre Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida. The purpose of the survey was to provide base level data on the types, distribution, and potential significance of archaeological and historic period sites located on the APAFR. An extensive literature search and a systematic field survey were conducted by Piper Archaeological Research, Inc. A total of 37 archaeological sites were located and recorded. The sites range in date from the Paleo-Indian period (ca., 10,000-6500 B.C.) to the first two decades of the 20th century and include prehistoric dirt and shell middens, lithic and sherd scatters, and a possible sand mound, as well as two Third Seminole War fort sites, historic period homesteads, turpentine camps, and cattle camps and facilities. Nine of these sites have been assessed as potentially significant and are, therefore, potentially "'- eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. A preliminary archaeological sensitivity map was developed as a planning tool to aid the Air Force in managing their cultural resources. Prehistoric and historic period sites were most often found to be associated with oak hammock and sand pine/oak scrub communities within 400 meters (1312 feet) of fresh water or a fresh water marsh/swamp.

Some of the information in this tDAR metadata record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2013, Digital Antiquity curators, working for the USAF obtained a digital copy of the report and added to the metadata in the record and uploaded the digital file of the report. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded.

Cite this Record

Preliminary Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Avon Park Air Force Range, Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida. Robert J. Austin, Jacquelyn G. Piper. St. Petersburg, Florida: Piper Archaeological Research, Inc. 1986 ( tDAR id: 107391) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8862H95

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Belle Glade Culture • Early 20th Century • Euroamerican • Historic • Late Paleoindian • Middle Archaic • PaleoIndian • Third Seminole War

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
8HG15 • 8HG18 • 8HG20 • 8HG22 • 8HG23 • 8HG24 • 8HG25 • 8HG26 • 8HG27 • 8HG28 • 8HG29 • 8HG30 • 8HG31 • 8HG32 • 8HG33 • 8HG34 • 8HG35 • 8HG36 • 8HG37 • 8PO1000 • 8PO1001 • 8PO1002 • 8PO1004 • 8PO1005 • 8PO1006 • 8PO993 • 8PO994 • 8PO995 • 8PO996 • 8PO997 • 8PO998 • 8PO999 • Air Force Mound • Albritton Homestead • Arnold Homestead • Big Mound Site • Boney Homestead • Bravo Range Turpentine Camp • Davis Homestead • Dead Cow Site • Dinky Midden • Dragline Site • Flatwood Hill • Fort Arbuckle Baptist Church • Fort Arbuckle Site • Fort Kissimmee • Gaging Station Site • Grassy Lake Homestead • Herty Cup Site • Keene Homestead • Little Lake Site • Morgan Hole Creek Site • Morgan Homestead • Nalaka Turpentine Camp • Olson Site • Rifle Range Road Homestead • River Road Site • Sandy Hill Homestead • Sandy Hill Turpentine Camp • Smith Grade Cow Pens • Split Creek Cattle Camp • Submarine Lake • The Orange Hammock Site • Thomas Homestead Show More

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Cow pens • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Homestead • Isolated Artifact • Midden • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Trash Midden • Turpentine Camp • Water Control Feature • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

General
Avon Park Air Force Range • Cultural Resource • Miller • Survey

Geographic Keywords
12055 (Fips Code) • 12105 (Fips Code) • Florida (State / Territory) • Highlands (County) • Kissimmee River • Lake Arbuckle • North America (Continent) • Polk (County) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Belle Glade III Period • Belle Glade II Period • Belle Glade I Period • Early 20th Century • Late 19th Century • Third Seminole War

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.106; min lat: 27.032 ; max long: -80.942; max lat: 28.362 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Avon Park Air Force Range

Principal Investigator(s): Robert J. Austin

Landowner(s): United States Air Force

Sponsor(s): United States Air Force Air Combat Command; State, County, and Local Government; USFS

Repository(s): Avon Park Air Force Range

Prepared By(s): Piper Archaeological Research, Inc.; Bureau of Archaeological Research

Submitted To(s): Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.; Avon Park Air Force Range

Record Identifiers

Subcontract No.(s): 11X-28644V

Avon Park Air Force Range Report No.(s): AP0003

NADB document id number(s): 353434

Task(s): IV; III

NADB citation id number(s): 000000048179

Notes

General Note: Sent from: Bureau of Archaeological Research

General Note: Submitted to: USFS

Redaction Note: If you would like access to the full document, you may request it from Avon Park CRM: Kathy Courturier; email: kathy.couturier.ctr@us.af.mil; phone: (863) 452-4288

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
1986_prelim-cultural-resource-survey-apafr.pdf 15.68mb Jun 6, 2013 3:51:34 PM Confidential
1986_prelim-cultural-resource-survey-apafr_redacted.pdf 17.43mb Oct 24, 2013 11:46:59 AM Public
This document is redacted. USAF archaeologists and officials have determined that some of the information in the full document should be considered confidential and have limited distribution. If you would like access to the full document, you may contact and request access from Avon Park CRM: Kathy Courturier kathy.couturier.ctr@us.af.mil (863) 452-4288

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