A Preliminary Report on Archaeological and Historical Resources within the Recent Addition to Bald Point State Park

Author(s): Michael (Mike) Wisenbaker

Year: 2004

Summary

DHR archaeologists made several visits to Bald Point State Park from 1999 through 2001 to look for and better document historical resources within this newly acquired park (Wisenbaker and Swann 2001 ). In 2003, however, Bald Point State Park grew by 2,851 acres, more than tripling the size of the park. Early in 2004, Park Specialist Bonnie Allen called us to tell us about several unrecorded sites that she had discovered within this addition. In so doing, she invited us to come to the park to observe and record these sites. Ms. Allen once attended one of the archaeological resource monitor training sessions sponsored by the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. She also harbors a strong interest and displays keen insight about the history of this region. It would certainly make our jobs at the Division of Historical Resources much easier if more people involved with managing state lands exhibited her degree of dedication to protecting and preserving

historical resources.

Cite this Record

A Preliminary Report on Archaeological and Historical Resources within the Recent Addition to Bald Point State Park. Michael (Mike) Wisenbaker. 2004 ( tDAR id: 454746) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8454746

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic • middens, ceramic scatters, historic seinyard for mullet • Mississippian • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • corners of striking platform for processing mullet in historic times • Metal • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Sunday Reel and two others, 8FR940, 8FR941 and 8FR942

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Seinyard for processing mullet during 19th century and until 50 or so years ago

Investigation Types
Consultation • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Archaeological and historic sites at Bald Point State Park, Franklin County, Florida

Geographic Keywords
Franklin County, Bald Point State Park, Ocklockonee Bay, Alligator Harbor, Ochlockonee River

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

Temporal Coverage

None: -3500 to 1950 (Norwood through midd 20th Century)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -84.379; min lat: 29.907 ; max long: -84.321; max lat: 29.954 ;

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