Archaeological and Geomorphological Investigations at the Avon Park Air Force Range, Highlands and Polk Counties, Florida

Author(s): Michael Wilder; Charles D. Frederick

Year: 2006

Summary

This report presents the results of Phase I and II archaeological investigations on the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands counties, Florida. This work was conducted by Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), under a contract (DACA63-99-D-0010, Delivery Orders 059, 060 and 065) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, acting on behalf of the Air Combat Command (ACC) and APAFR. The purpose of this study is to provide the APAFR with data for use in the management of its cultural resources in partial fulfillment of its obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act and other applicable cultural resources legislation. The project resulted in the discovery of 7 prehistoric archaeological sites, none of which are considered eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). NRHP eligibility testing was conducted on 18 archaeological sites (11 prehistoric, 5 historic, and 2 sites with both historic and prehistoric components). Nine of these sites are recommended as eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, eight are recommended as ineligible for inclusion, while the NRHP status of one site was not able to be established.

Cite this Record

Archaeological and Geomorphological Investigations at the Avon Park Air Force Range, Highlands and Polk Counties, Florida. Michael Wilder, Charles D. Frederick. United States Air Force Air Combat Command Series, Report of Investigations ,32. Plano, Texas: Geo-Marine, Inc. 2006 ( tDAR id: 391124) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8P84CSR

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Keywords

Culture
Belle Glade Culture • Euroamerican • Historic

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Dating Sample • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Metal • Shell

Site Name
8HG1054 • 8HG1062 • 8HG1063 • 8HG1097 • 8HG1098 • 8HG1113 • 8HG1114 • 8HG887 • 8HG889 • 8HG937 • 8HG938 • 8HG941 • 8PO5306 • 8PO5307 • 8PO5310 • 8PO5311 • 8PO6037 • 8PO6085 • 8PO6091 • 8PO6093 • 8PO6094 • 8PO6098 • 8PO6783 • 8PO6787 • 8PO6788 • 8PO6789 • 8PO6790 • Arbuckle Terrace • Bill's Bay West • Billy's Watering Hole • Blue Jordan Bombing Target • Burnt Hammock • Busted Knee • East Lavender • Ebersbach Midden North • Eight-Mile Hammock #1 • Eight-Mile Hammock #2 • Ernie's Flake • Greg's Durden Flake • Greg's Flake • Kissimmee Bombing Target • Matt's Flake • Orange Hammock Divide • Psychotria Nervosa • Sand Point Hammock • Simulated City • Sloughstead Homestead • Small Nervosa • Tony's Flake • West Lavender • Willingham • Zechiel-Bell Site Show More

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Bombing targets • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Homestead sites • House • Isolated Artifact • Midden • Military observation tower • Shell Midden • Trash Midden • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Environment Research • Geophysical Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing • Systematic Survey

Geographic Keywords
Arbuckle Marsh • Kissimmee Marsh • Kissimmee River • Lake Arbuckle

Spatial Coverage

min long: -81.55; min lat: 27.481 ; max long: -81.133; max lat: 27.786 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Avon Park Air Force Range

Field Director(s): Michael Wilder

Principal Investigator(s): Duane Peter; Tim Sara

Landowner(s): United States Air Force

Sponsor(s): Avon Park Air Force Range

Permitting Agency(s): Avon Park Air Force Range

Prepared By(s): Geo-Marine, Inc.

Submitted To(s): United States Air Force Air Combat Command

Record Identifiers

GMI Project Number(s): 10100.00.59/60/65

No.(s): DACA63-99-D-0010

Delivery Order No.(s): 059; 060; 065

Avon Park Air Force Range Report No.(s): AP0021

Notes

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

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