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Ortona Mounds (250 AD)

Twenty miles southwest of Fort Center in the Lake Okeechobee basin is another equally impressive Native American site: Ortona Mounds.

The Crystal River site is located on the Central Gulf Coast of Florida near the Three Sisters Springs. These springs

The Letchworth Mounds by nearby Monticella in Florida are, like the Crystal River Mounds, considered a complex because there are

Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site, one of the Florida’s most important archaeological sites, is a 41-acre excavation. It is thought to

From the Mississippian Period, this mound is the largest on salt water and possibly the largest prehistoric earthwork on the Gulf

The Mississippian Period that started with the building of Lake Jackson Mounds continued with the Shields and Mount Royal Mounds. During

Dating back to 1200 AD (The Mississippian Period), this mound is the tallest in Florida and the third tallest in

One of the most impressive accomplishments from the Mississippian time period was the construction of Mound Key, a manmade island

Big Mound City is an exceptionally sophisticated geometric earthwork located about 6 miles east of Lake Okeechobe. The complex possibly

Dating back to 1450 AD, the 10-acre site that encompasses Madira Bickel Mound was named after Mrs. Madira Bickel of Sarasota, who

The state of Florida has seen monumental construction projects for over 4,000 years. Beginning with the shell rings of Sapelo

Our story of Florida’s history begins long ago, when the bountiful environments of South Florida’s estuaries gave rise to a