Overview
Originally prepared as a report for the National Park Service in 1988, Griffin's work places the human occupation of the Everglades within the context of South Florida's unique natural environmental systems. He documents, for the first time, the little known but relatively extensive precolumbian occupation of the interior portion of the region and surveys the material culture of the Glades area. He also provides an account of the evolution of the region's climate and landscape and a history of previous archaeological research in the area and fuses ecological and material evidence into a discussion of the sequence and distribution of cultures, social organization, and lifeways of the Everglades inhabitants. Milanich and Miller have transformed Griffin's report into an accessible, comprehensive overview of Everglades archaeology for specialists and the general public. Management plans have been removed, maps redrawn, and updates added. The result is a synthesis of the archaeology of a region that is taking center stage as various state and federal agencies cooperate to restore the health of this important ecosystem, one of the nation's most renowned natural areas and one that has been designated a World Heritage Site and a Wetland of International Importance. This book will make a key work in Florida archaeology more readily available as a springboard for future research and will also, at last, allow John Griffin's contribution to south Florida archaeology to be more widely appreciated.
Full Product Details
Author: John W. Griffin
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Dimensions:
Width: 15.10cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.575kg
ISBN: 9780813054803
ISBN 10: 081305480
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 31 May 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Detailed descriptions of archaeological surveys and test excavations dovetail nicely with broader chapters on settlement, subsistence, and social organization. This is a valuable reference work. --SMRC Revista
An important book about a natural World Heritage site that also has a rich human heritage. --American Archaeology Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of South Florida archaeology. --Journal of Field Archaeology As the only available synthesis of the archaeology of the Everglades, this book fills an important niche. --Choice Offers a vivid glimpse into a rich cultural past in an oftentimes misunderstood and overlooked region of our country. --H-Net Detailed descriptions of archaeological surveys and test excavations dovetail nicely with broader chapters on settlement, subsistence, and social organization. This is a valuable reference work. --SMRC Revista Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of South Florida archaeology. --Journal of Field Archaeology Detailed descriptions of archaeological surveys and test excavations dovetail nicely with broader chapters on settlement, subsistence, and social organization. This is a valuable reference work. --SMRC Revista Offers a vivid glimpse into a rich cultural past in an oftentimes misunderstood and overlooked region of our country. --H-Net An important book about a natural World Heritage site that also has a rich human heritage. --American Archaeology
Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of South Florida archaeology. --Journal of Field Archaeology
Author Information
John Griffin, a pioneer in Florida archaeology, was an archaeologist for both the Florida Park Service and the National Park Service (NPS), director of the NPS Southeast Archeological Center in Macon, Georgia, and director of the St. Augustine Preservation Board. Jerald T. Milanich is curator of archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. James J. Miller is state archaeologist and chief of Florida’s Bureau of Archaeological Research.
