Top 10 Strange and Macabre Traditions of Georgia’s/Florida’s Native Americans
A new online art exhibit about Georgia’s and Florida’s Timucua Indians reveals the darker side of their rituals and customs.
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Florida
Florida Serpent Mound Represents Serpens Constellation
Around 250 AD a village was constructed in the Lake Okeechobee area of south Florida that was unlike any other
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Network of Ancient Canals in Florida
The Ortona Mounds site in the Lake Okeechobee region of Florida features a network of canals for canoe travel: The
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Ancient Peruvian skulls unearthed in Florida
Recent research has hinted at an ancient Peruvian presence in the southeastern U.S. including Peruvian DNA showing up in Native
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Mayan Glyphs on Georgia, Florida Pottery?
The arrival of corn at the Fort Center and Ortona sites in the Lake Okeechobee area of Florida by 200
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Maya gold mines in Georgia?
When Europeans first stepped foot in Florida and Georgia they all recorded eye-witness accounts of Native Americans in possession of
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Mayan Words Among Georgia’s Indians?
Mayan Words in Hitchiti-Creek Language Suggest Ancient Connection The Hitchiti language, one of many languages spoken by Creek Indians, was
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Were the Maya Mining Gold in Georgia?
Is there evidence that the Maya were in Georgia and Florida? If so, why were they there? Were they mining
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45-Foot Ancient Canoe Stuck In The Muck Of Weedon Island
A 45-foot canoe, buried for more than a thousand years and used by a long-dead culture of Native Americans was used to paddle over the open waters of the bay — unlike the other ancient canoes uncovered in Florida which were used to ply the calmer waters of lakes and rivers.
Read moreCanaveral National Seashore’s Turtle Mound survives
Ludmilla Lelis |Sentinel Staff Writer April 29, 2008 NEW SMYRNA BEACH – Scores of Native American mounds have been lost through
Read moreScientists hope Captiva Island dig can unlock Calusa mysteries
On the northernmost tip of Captiva Island stands a piece of southwest Florida history that may help scientists unlock the mysteries of an ancient culture. From the road lined with high-priced homes in the secluded South Seas Plantation, a mound with several peaks built by the Calusa Indians more than 2,000 years ago looks like any other clump of mangroves and vegetation.
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