Digging Miami
By: Robert S. Carr
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780813042060
Subjects: Indians of North America; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Seminole Indians
Description: An exploration of the archaeological findings of one of Miami's best archaeologists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diggers, scientists, and antiquarians: history of archaeological research; title: Prehistoric Miami; title: The first people: the Cutler fossil site; title: The South Florida archaic; title: The perfect balance: adapting to the land and sea; title: Sacred geography: the prehistoric settlement system; title: Failed settlements: the European legacy; title: European contact: the transition to extinction; title: The English and Bahamian legacy; title: Seminole legacy; title: Seminole archaeology; title: Stockades and musket balls; title: Pioneer Miami; title: The archaeology of arrowroot: Miami's first industry; title: Tropical homesteads: artifacts of Miami's pioneers; title: The Miami circle and beyond.