Museum of Florida History
The Museum of Florida History collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets evidence of past and present cultures in Florida, and promotes
Read moreThe Museum of Florida History collects, preserves, exhibits, and interprets evidence of past and present cultures in Florida, and promotes
Read moreLake Jackson mounds is one of the most important archaeological sites in Florida. It was probably the political and religious
Read moreThis 80-acre park includes one of the tallest and most architecturally complex pre-Columbian earthen mounds in Florida. Archaeological research indicates
Read moreThe Mission of Nombre de Dios traces its origins to the founding of the City of St. Augustine, America’s oldest City,
Read moreFort Caroline National Memorial was created to memorialize the Sixteenth Century French effort to establish a permanent colony in Florida. After
Read moreNative Americans constructed impressive structures(referred to as Indian Mounds) throughout the state of Florida for over 5,000 years. This Amerindian
Read moreThe Horr’s Island Mounds site located in southwest Florida near present-day Fort Myers represents the beginning of a new way of life for Florida’s Native Americans. Established between 3000 – 2800 B.C., not only is this one of the first permanent villages to be occupied year round but it also is the site of the oldest burial mound in the state of Florida (and perhaps North America).
Read moreTomoka Mounds is a large complex of burial mounds and shell middens that comprise one of the earliest Native American settlements on the Central East Coast of Florida. This mound construction dates back to the Mount Taylor period, around 5500 years ago. Among the more interesting things found at the site are artifacts imported from quite some distance, including a cache of six bannerstones made of materials that are native to north Georgia.
Read moreThe Guana River, Joseph Reed, and St. Augustine Shell Ring structures found in Florida represent the earliest part of the
Read moreLocated on the Cape Haze peninsula within Charlotte Harbor in southwest Florida are two very similar mound sites: Big Mound
Read moreAround 850 BC new people arrive in Florida possibly from Mexico or Central America. We know this because of something
Read moreTwenty miles southwest of Fort Center in the Lake Okeechobee basin is another equally impressive Native American site: Ortona Mounds.
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