Vertebrate Fauna from the Grand Mound Shell Ring site (8Du1), Florida
Author(s): Rochelle Marrinan
Year: 2016
Summary
The Grand Mound Shell Ring (8Du1) is a Mississippi-period site on the southern end of Big Talbot Island in Duval County, Florida. The site consists of an annular shell midden, composed primarily of oyster, with a sand burial mound deposited over the western ring arc. Excavations by faculty of the University of North Florida recovered a large vertebrate faunal sample marked by the presence of numerous avian species, some of which today are extinct. This paper presents the vertebrate faunal data recovered from a trench excavated through the south ring arc with special attention to the avian fauna and avifauna from other Mississippi-period coastal sites in the region.
Cite this Record
Vertebrate Fauna from the Grand Mound Shell Ring site (8Du1), Florida. Rochelle Marrinan. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 404232)
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Keywords
General
Mississippi Period
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Vertebrate Fauna
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Zooarchaeology
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southeast
Spatial Coverage
min long: -91.274; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -72.642; max lat: 36.386 ;