POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF CIRCULAR EARTHWORK SAMPLES FROM THE FORT CENTER SITE, 8GL13, GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Chad Yost

Year: 2010

Summary

Fort Center, located in Glades County, Florida, provides evidence of Late Archaic; Early, Middle, and Late Woodland, Belle Glades, Calusa, Protohistoric, Seminole, and finally 19th and 20th century occupations. Thus, occupation at this 2.5 square km earthwork site dates between 800 BC and at least the late 1800s (Victor Thompson, personal communication, September 2010). Earlier work at this site included pollen analysis that reported consistent finds of Zea mays pollen. Verification or denial of the interpretation that maize was part of the local subsistence base was sought in this study. Two submissions of samples are discussed in this report. The first included eight samples to be examined for pollen and phytoliths, while the second consisted of four samples from the inner berm for pollen analysis only.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF CIRCULAR EARTHWORK SAMPLES FROM THE FORT CENTER SITE, 8GL13, GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA. Linda Scott Cummings, Chad Yost. PRI Technical Report ,2010-133. 2010 ( tDAR id: 380023) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8MC8ZK4

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Keywords

Culture
19th Century • 20th Century • Archaic • Bella Glades • Calusa • Early Woodland • Late Archaic • Late Woodland • Middle Woodland • Protohistoric • Seminole • Woodland

Material
Pollen • Sediment

Site Name
Fort Center

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
10-133 • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Florida (State / Territory) • Glades County (County)

Temporal Keywords
Archaic • Historic • Protohistoric • Seminole • Woodland

Spatial Coverage

min long: -81.505; min lat: 26.677 ; max long: -80.807; max lat: 27.211 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

Notes

General Note: PRI Technical Report 2010-133 is a replacement for 2011-015 (tDAR ID 380154)

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