Weeden Island Shell Rings from the Bottom-Up: The View from Old Creek
Author(s): Martin Menz
Year: 2018
Summary
The transition to Weeden Island mortuary and ceramic expressions along the Florida Gulf Coast also coincided with a shift in settlement. During this interval, around A.D. 600-750, earlier Swift Creek shell rings were abandoned and Weeden Island rings established nearby. In many cases, these Weeden Island shell rings were substantially larger than their predecessors, however, some anomalously small, isolated Weeden Island rings have also been recorded, such as the Old Creek Shell Ring (8Wa90) in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge. Presented here are preliminary results from recent fieldwork at Old Creek, including analysis of ceramics and radiocarbon dates, intended to place this site within the larger sequence of cultural and settlement change on the Gulf Coast during the late Middle and Late Woodland periods.
Cite this Record
Weeden Island Shell Rings from the Bottom-Up: The View from Old Creek. Martin Menz. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 442689)
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Keywords
General
Ceramic Analysis
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Coastal and Island Archaeology
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Shell Rings
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Woodland
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southeast United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.735; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -73.389; max lat: 39.572 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 20707