Digging Miami

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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...

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Main Author: Carr, Robert S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Seminole Indians > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Fouilles (Archeologie) > Floride > Miami.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Florida > Miami.
Indians of North America > Florida > Miami > Antiquities.
Florida > Miami.
Miami (Fla.) > Antiquities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 continually erases monuments and traces of indigenous people and historic pioneers yet also leads to the discovery of archaeological treasures that have lain undiscovered for centuries. In Digging Miami, Robert Carr traces the rich 11,000-year human heritage of the Miami area from the time o.
Item Description:Chapter 6. European Contact: The Transition to Extinction.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780813042558

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