Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Bluffs of St. Teresa, Franklin County, Florida

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Archaeological Research by PaleoWest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

PaleoWest conducted an archaeological reconnaissance survey in the fall of 2021 through spring of 2022 on a 7,234-acre parcel located on St. James Island in Franklin County, Florida. The project area focused on the newly acquired Bluffs of St. Teresa hiking tract within Bald Point State Park along the Ochlockonee River and Ochlockonee Bay. PaleoWest was tasked with relocating and delineating site boundaries in the newly acquired public land to aid Florida’s Division of Recreation and Parks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and Florida Forest Service in future land management efforts. PaleoWest investigated this parcel by conducting a desktop assessment of the area followed by a proprietary method of reconnaissance survey using shovel testing at various intervals, with a focus on testing previously recorded sites as well as investigating high probability areas for potential new sites. PaleoWest’s assessment of the area further contributed to archaeological knowledge and interpretation of cultural resources along the Bluffs of St. Teresa.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Archaeological Research by PaleoWest   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 37362.0