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Author Carr, Robert S.

Title Digging Miami [electronic resource] / Robert S. Carr.

Imprint Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 295 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Diggers, scientists, and antiquarians: history of archaeological research -- Prehistoric Miami -- The first people: the Cutler fossil site -- The South Florida archaic -- The perfect balance: adapting to the land and sea -- Sacred geography: the prehistoric settlement system -- Failed settlements: the European legacy -- European contact: the transition to extinction -- The English and Bahamian legacy -- Seminole legacy -- Seminole archaeology -- Stockades and musket balls -- Pioneer Miami -- The archaeology of arrowroot: Miami's first industry -- Tropical homesteads: artifacts of Miami's pioneers -- The Miami circle and beyond.
Summary An exploration of the archaeological findings of one of Miami's best archaeologists.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Indians of North America -- Florida -- Miami -- Antiquities.
Seminole Indians -- Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Florida -- Miami.
Miami (Fla.) -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813042060 (alk. paper)
0813042062 (alk. paper)
9780813042558 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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