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Digging Miami.
The pace of change of Miami since its incorporation in 1896 is staggering. The seaside land that once was home to several thousand Tequesta is now congested with roads and millions of people while skyscrapers and artificial lights dominate the landscape. Ironically, Miami's development both con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florida :
University Press of Florida,
2012.
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- Cover; Digging Miami; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Illustrations; Preface: More than Just Seashells; 1. Diggers, Scientists, and Antiquarians: History of Archaeological Research; Chapter 1. Diggers, Scientists, and Antiquarians: History of Archaeological Research; 1.1 Portrait of Jeffries Wyman; 1.2 Destruction of Miami Burial Mound 8DA14, 1897; 1.3 John Goggin in the Everglades, 1949; 1.4 WPA archaeologists excavating at Opa-Locka 1, 1934; 1.5 Dan Laxson at the Trail site; 1.6 Excavating the Cheetum site, 1971; 1.7 Discovery of the 1855 Key Biscayne survey marker.
- 1.8 View of the Granada site excavations, 1976Part I. Prehistoric Miami; Part I. Prehistoric Miami; Hermann Trappman, A Tequesta Family on the Miami River, 1983; Prehistoric sites of Miami-Dade County; 2. The First People: The Cutler Fossil Site; Chapter 2. The First People: The Cutler Fossil Site; 2.1 Archaeologists at the Cutler site, 1986; 2.2 Map of the Cutler site and excavation units; 2.3 Uncovering a jaguar mandible at the Cutler site; Table 2.1 Fire-altered bones from the Cutler Fossil site; 2.4 Bifaces and points from the Cutler site.
- 2.5 Limestone turtleback scraper from the Cutler site2.6 Limestone scraper from the Cutler site; 2.7 Human ulna with carnivore tooth perforation from the Cutler site; 3. The South Florida Archaic; Chapter 3. The South Florida Archaic; 3.1 Aerial photo of Weston Pond and solution holes, c. 1968; 3.2 Limestone biface from the Cheetum site, 8DA1058; 3.3 Chert projectile point from 8DA411; 3.4 Incised bone handle from 8DA1058; 3.5 Fiber-tempered pottery from Miami-Dade County; 3.6 Map of units and human remains at Santa Maria West, 8DA11246; 4. The Perfect Balance: Adapting to the Land and Sea.
- Chapter 4. The Perfect Balance: Adapting to the Land and Sea4.1 Pottery sherds; 4.2 Pottery sherds; 4.3 Strombus celt; 4.4 Busycon ladle; 4.5 Drilled shark teeth; 4.6 Bone awls and point; 4.7 Stone anchor with pecked design; 4.8 Carved pumice float; 4.9 Carved shell pendants; 4.10 Wooden pestle found in the Everglades; 4.11 Map of the Royal Palm Circle, 8DA11; 4.12 Map depicting a plan of the MDM parcel solution holes and cemetery, 8DA11; 5. Sacred Geography: The Prehistoric Settlement System; Chapter 5. Sacred Geography: The Prehistoric Settlement System.
- 5.1 Aerial photo of Dade Circle, 19265.2 Indian canoe trail in the Everglades, c. 1910; 5.3 Flagami Island after 16 inches of rain, 1981; 5.4 Robert Carr at the Flagami site, 8DA1073, 1981; 5.5 Dan Laxson at Madden's Hammock, 8DA45, 1959; Part II. Failed Settlements: The European Legacy; Part II. Failed Settlements: The European Legacy; Hermann Trappman, Approaching the Polly Lewis Homestead on the Silver Bluff, Biscayne Bay, 1983; Spanish and English-Bahamian colonial sites of Miami-Dade County; 6. European Contact: The Transition to Extinction.