Big Mound Key & John Quiet Mounds (850 BC)
Located on the Cape Haze peninsula within Charlotte Harbor in southwest Florida are two very similar mound sites: Big Mound
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Fort Center Mounds (850 BC)
Around 850 BC new people arrive in Florida possibly from Mexico or Central America. We know this because of something
Read MoreOrtona Mounds (250 AD)
Twenty miles southwest of Fort Center in the Lake Okeechobee basin is another equally impressive Native American site: Ortona Mounds.
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Crystal River Mounds (150 BC)
The Crystal River site is located on the Central Gulf Coast of Florida near the Three Sisters Springs. These springs
Read MoreLetchworth Mounds (450 AD)
The Letchworth Mounds by nearby Monticella in Florida are, like the Crystal River Mounds, considered a complex because there are
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Lake Jackson Mounds (1000 AD)
Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site, one of the Florida’s most important archaeological sites, is a 41-acre excavation. It is thought to
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Fort Walton Mound (850 AD)
From the Mississippian Period, this mound is the largest on salt water and possibly the largest prehistoric earthwork on the Gulf
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Shields & Mount Royal Mounds (1200 AD)
The Mississippian Period that started with the building of Lake Jackson Mounds continued with the Shields and Mount Royal Mounds. During
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Turtle Mound (1200 AD)
Dating back to 1200 AD (The Mississippian Period), this mound is the tallest in Florida and the third tallest in
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Mound Key (1500 AD)
One of the most impressive accomplishments from the Mississippian time period was the construction of Mound Key, a manmade island
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Big Mound City
Big Mound City is an exceptionally sophisticated geometric earthwork located about 6 miles east of Lake Okeechobe. The complex possibly
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Terra Ceia & Madira Bickel Mounds (1450 AD)
Dating back to 1450 AD, the 10-acre site that encompasses Madira Bickel Mound was named after Mrs. Madira Bickel of Sarasota, who
Read MoreAncient Civilizations of Florida | Conclusion
The state of Florida has seen monumental construction projects for over 4,000 years. Beginning with the shell rings of Sapelo
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‘Woodhenge’ at Fort Ancient raises interest in ritual past
During a remote-sensing survey of the Fort Ancient Earthworks in 2005,
Jarrod Burks of Ohio Valley Archaeological Consultants discovered a
circular pattern in the soil that stretched nearly 200 feet in diameter.
Fort Ancient is a massive earthwork in Warren County that was built morethan 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell culture.
Cahokia a Melting Pot of Immigrants
Traditional anthropologists have argued, based on no evidence other than their own beliefs, that the giant Native American metropolis of
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