Preliminary Cultural Resource Assessment Survey of the Avon Park Air Force Range, Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida
Creators: name: Austin, Robert J.
name: Piper, Jacquelyn G.
Publisher: name: Piper Archaeological Research, Inc.
Year: 1986
Subjects: United States of America (Country)
Florida (State / Territory)
12105 (Fips Code)
12055 (Fips Code)
Kissimmee River
Lake Arbuckle
Highlands (County)
Polk (County)
North America (Continent)
Late 19th Century
Archaic
Early 20th Century
Belle Glade III Period
Belle Glade I Period
Belle Glade II Period
Third Seminole War
Belle Glade Culture
PaleoIndian
Historic
Middle Archaic
Late Paleoindian
Euroamerican
Bravo Range Turpentine Camp
Rifle Range Road Homestead
Davis Homestead
Albritton Homestead
Fort Arbuckle Site
Grassy Lake Homestead
Herty Cup Site
Big Mound Site
Keene Homestead
Nalaka Turpentine Camp
Morgan Homestead
Morgan Hole Creek Site
Dragline Site
Olson Site
River Road Site
Dinky Midden
Split Creek Cattle Camp
Boney Homestead
Sandy Hill Homestead
Dead Cow Site
Air Force Mound
Thomas Homestead
Flatwood Hill
The Orange Hammock Site
Submarine Lake
Sandy Hill Turpentine Camp
Little Lake Site
Gaging Station Site
8HG15
Fort Kissimmee
8PO1002
8HG18
8HG20
8HG27
8HG31
8PO995
8PO999
8HG22
8HG23
8HG25
8HG32
8HG34
8HG35
8HG36
8PO993
8HG24
8HG26
8HG28
8HG29
8HG30
8HG33
8HG37
8PO994
8PO996
8PO997
8PO998
8PO1000
8PO1001
8PO1004
8PO1005
8PO1006
Arnold Homestead
Smith Grade Cow Pens
Fort Arbuckle Baptist Church
Water-Related
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Agricultural Field or Field Feature
Cow pens
Archaeological Feature
Artifact Scatter
Water Control Feature
Isolated Artifact
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Midden
Trash Midden
Turpentine Camp
Homestead
Shell
Wood
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Fauna
Glass
Building Materials
Metal
Avon Park Air Force Range
Cultural Resource
Survey
Miller
Archaeological Overview
Site Evaluation / Testing
Systematic Survey

description: A preliminary cultural resource assessment survey was conducted of the 106,210 acre Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Polk and Highlands Counties, Florida. The purpose of the survey was to provide base level data on the types, distribution, and potential significance of archaeological and historic period sites located on the APAFR. An extensive literature search and a systematic field survey were conducted by Piper Archaeological Research, Inc. A total of 37 archaeological sites were located and recorded. The sites range in date from the Paleo-Indian period (ca., 10,000-6500 B.C.) to the first two decades of the 20th century and include prehistoric dirt and shell middens, lithic and sherd scatters, and a possible sand mound, as well as two Third Seminole War fort sites, historic period homesteads, turpentine camps, and cattle camps and facilities. Nine of these sites have been assessed as potentially significant and are, therefore, potentially "'- eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. A preliminary archaeological sensitivity map was developed as a planning tool to aid the Air Force in managing their cultural resources. Prehistoric and historic period sites were most often found to be associated with oak hammock and sand pine/oak scrub communities within 400 meters (1312 feet) of fresh water or a fresh water marsh/swamp.

Some of the information in this tDAR metadata record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated.  In 2013, Digital Antiquity curators, working for the USAF obtained a digital copy of the report and added to the metadata in the record and uploaded the digital file of the report. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded.