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: 2011
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 ,2011-015. 2011 ( tDAR id: 380154) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8G44PV6
Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Belle Glade
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Calusa
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Historic
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Historic Native American
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Late Archaic
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Late Woodland
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Middle Woodland
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Protohistoric
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Seminole
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Woodland
Site Name
8GL13
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Fort Center
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
11-015
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Phytolith Analysis
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Pollen Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Florida (State / Territory)
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Glades County (County)
Temporal Keywords
Archaic
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Prehistoric
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Woodland
Spatial Coverage
min long: -81.747; min lat: 26.579 ; max long: -80.725; max lat: 27.26 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute
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