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ANALYSIS OF THE NON-CERAMIC ARTIFACTS FROM A HOPEWELLIAN AFFILIATED SITE IN GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA

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1971
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Through intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was the residence of the ceremonial practitioner, a second was a charnel house, while a third was the village area where craftsmen who fashioned ceremonial objects lived with their families.
Title: ANALYSIS OF THE NON-CERAMIC ARTIFACTS FROM A HOPEWELLIAN AFFILIATED SITE IN GLADES COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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Name(s): STEINEN, KARL TERRY.
Florida Atlantic University
Ferguson, Leland G., Thesis advisor
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of Anthropology
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1971
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 130 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Through intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was the residence of the ceremonial practitioner, a second was a charnel house, while a third was the village area where craftsmen who fashioned ceremonial objects lived with their families.
Identifier: 13472 (digitool), FADT13472 (IID), fau:10318 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1971.
Subject(s): Hopewell culture
Fort Center Site (Fla)
Florida--Antiquities
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