An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Seven Proposed Recreation Resource Sites in the Lower Hillsborough River Flood Detention Area, Hillsborough County, Floridal

Author(s): Randy Daniel; Michael (Mike) Wisenbaker; Mildred Fryman

Year: 1979

Summary

This introduction presents the results of an archaeological and historical site assessment survey conducted by the Florida Division of Archives, History and Records Management within the Lower Hillsborough River Flood Detention Area. The locales surveyed consisted of seven proposed recreation resource sites within the larger area which is located about seven miles northeast of Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida. The seven survey locales occupy portions of Sections 6, 13, 19-22, 28-31 and 33 in Township 27 South, Range 20 East; and, Sections 2 and 3 in Township 28 South, Range 20 East (Figure 1).

Cite this Record

An Archaeological and Historical Survey of Seven Proposed Recreation Resource Sites in the Lower Hillsborough River Flood Detention Area, Hillsborough County, Floridal. Randy Daniel, Michael (Mike) Wisenbaker, Mildred Fryman. 1979 ( tDAR id: 454743) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8454743

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Late Archaic • Middle Archaic • Mississippian • Sites cover about 7,000 or so of prehistory in the Tampa Bay region • Woodland

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • lithic scatters and quarry-related sites

Site Name
8HI539-550 plus we revisted nine previously recorded sites

Site Type
Artifact Scatter • Isolated Artifact

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

Geographic Keywords
Southwest Florida Water Management District, Lower Hillsborough River Flood Detention Area, Tampa Bay, Hillsbrough Coutny

Temporal Keywords
Middle Archaic, Late Archaic, Deptford, Weeden Island, Perico Island, Safety Harbor

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: -5000 to 1550 (Most sites found or reexamined during the survey appear to be lithic scatters dating to the Middle-to-late Archaic)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.417; min lat: 27.992 ; max long: -82.222; max lat: 28.154 ;

Notes

General Note: Severe looting was observed in some of the areas that we examined

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