An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Bald Point State Park, Franklin County, Florida

Author(s): Michael Wisenbaker; Brenda Swann

Year: 2001

Summary

The CARL Archaeological Survey made four visits to Bald Point State Park. These visits occurred in December 1999 and on March 2000, June 2000 and April 2001. The first three visits were done to test and mitigate any damage that may have resulted from scheduled construction activities in the park for proposed new amenities such as storage areas, boardwalks, picnic tables, parking areas, etc. On the other hand, after specific testing had been completed on those three visits we performed some pedestrian surveys of other areas within the park, especially the northern two thirds of the tract. In particular, we examined disturbed areas such as woods roads, animal burrows and firebreaks. Our last visit to the park this year, however, was devoted exclusively to doing judgmental surveying and testing of favorable natural communities within the park to locate and inventory additional archaeological and historical sites on the property. Little would have been gained from systematic testing over the entire property, as much of it is wetlands, and some of its upland environments have proven to be marginal for human existence.

Cite this Record

An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Bald Point State Park, Franklin County, Florida. Michael Wisenbaker, Brenda Swann. 2001 ( tDAR id: 454741) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8454741

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Mississippian • Primarily Woodland and Mississippian sites for prehistoric and historic sites associated with naval stores, timber industry and cattle ranching • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Glass • Human Remains • Metal • primarily lithic and ceramic scatters and a cattle dipping vat from historic period • Shell

Site Name
8FR--12, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 51, 826, 893, 894, 904 and 905

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Burial Mound • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features • Isolated Artifact • Midden • Most sites were artifact scatters but also several burial mounds as well as middens were found here • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation • Environment Research • Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

Geographic Keywords
Bald Point, Lighthouse Point, Alligator Point, Ochlockonee Bay, Ochlockonee River, Apalachee Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Panacea

Temporal Keywords
Middle Archaic, Norwood, Deptford, Swift Creek, Weeden Island, Fort Walton, 19th and 20th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -4000 to 1950 (Not continuouly occupied)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -84.379; min lat: 29.903 ; max long: -84.33; max lat: 29.955 ;

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Cultural Resource Assessment of Bald Point State Park