Abstract:DissertationDissertation Discovery Company and the University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "The Deptford Phase:" by Jerald T. Milanich, was obtained from the University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A free digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, the IR@UF. The...
Abstract:DissertationDissertation Discovery Company and the University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "The Deptford Phase:" by Jerald T. Milanich, was obtained from the University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A free digital copy of this work may also be found in the university's institutional repository, the IR@UF. The...
The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighbouring islands.
The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighbouring islands.
This collection of essays focuses on the Native American tribes of Florida and Southeastern Georgia, including the Calusas, Tocobagas, Western Timucua, Guales, and early Seminoles, and their efforts to deal with the destruction of their cultures during European colonization.
These vivid duotone reproductions from original glass negatives—rediscovered in 1978, nearly half a century after Dimock donated his collection to the American Museum of Natural History—preserve a rare and beautiful slice of history.
A treasure trove of images from the years the Seminoles hid themselves in south Florida "These stunning photographs illustrate the Seminole world of adaptation, resilience, and survival between the Seminole Wars of the 1800s and the successful gaming era of the twentieth century."--Donald L. Fixico, author of The Daily Life of American Indians in the Twentieth Century "This easily accessible book lifts the veil on that part of Seminole history...
Florida's Indians tells the story of the native societies that have lived in Florida for twelve millennia, from the early hunters at the end of the Ice Age to the modern Seminole, Miccosukee, and Creek Indians.When the first Indians arrived in what is now Florida, they wrested their livelihood from a land far different from the modern countryside, one that was cooler, drier, and almost twice the size. Thousands of years later European explorer...
Readable, informative, and simply indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Eastern North America's prehistory". -- American Antiquity"Will be the fundamental reference on the archeology of the north Florida area (and) the Woodland period.... Provides a fascinating and informative picture of how modern archaeological studies are performed and how the ideas of researchers can evolve in the face of new data. I highly recommend it". -- J...
This collection of essays focuses on the Native American tribes of Florida and Southeastern Georgia, including the Calusas, Tocobagas, Western Timucua, Guales, and early Seminoles, and their efforts to deal with the destruction of their cultures during European colonization.
Florida's Indians tells the story of the native societies that have lived in Florida for twelve millennia, from the early hunters at the end of the Ice Age to the modern Seminole, Miccosukee, and Creeks.When the first Indians arrived in what is now Florida, they wrested their livelihood from a land far different from the modern countryside, one that was cooler, drier, and almost twice the size. Thousands of years later European explorers encou...
When the conquistadors arrived in Florida in the early sixteenth century, as many as 350, 000 native Americans lived in the territory. For more than twelve centuries their ancestors had resided there, fishing, hunting, gathering wild plants, and sometimes cultivating crops. Two and a half centuries later, Florida's Indians were gone. Focusing on those native peoples and their interactions with Spanish and French explorers and colonists, Jerald...