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chewing on some bones indicate that the body was exposed for a while after death before burial. A tomb of wood and earth was erected over the grave. The tomb and building were then burned, and the ashes scattered. After a ceramic bird head was pushed into the ground at the foot of the grave, a layer of dirt was spread over all of the mound. Three radiocarbon dates for this event average to 354.
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found most often in the mounds, but occasionally elsewhere in the village. The sacred vessels, which were found only in the mounds, were elaborately decorated and sometimes were in the shape of animals. Some of the sacred vessels apparently were imported, but the ones with animal shapes usually were made from local clay.
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The mounds served different purposes. The one named (arbitrarily) 'B' had a rectangular building on it that has been interpreted to be a temple or the residence of the priest who conducted ceremonies for the dead. The presumed holder of that office was buried inside the building. Evidence of animals
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Pottery at the McKeithen site has been classified as secular, prestige, and sacred. Secular pots were undecorated, or had minimal decoration, and were all made with clay from local sources. Prestige ware was decorated with lines and dots and sometimes 'painted' with red clay. This prestige ware was
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Mound 'C' held a charnel house where bundled bones, typically a skull and limb bones, were stored. After some period of time, the bundles were buried around the periphery of the mound. In about 475, approximately 36 bone bundles were removed from the charnel house and buried. The charnel house was
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on his property before vandals destroyed them. The McKeithen site was a village next to a stream with three mounds. These three mounds were created in an isosceles triangle, with the main axis of the triangle pointing towards the summer solstice sunrise. The mounds were likely built between 350-475
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where bodies were cleaned and buried temporarily. A wall of posts screened a number of burial pits from the village. Posts up to two feet in diameter apparently were used to mark graves. The decomposed bodies were later removed, and bones were bundled and moved to mound 'C'. Numerous potsherds and
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Recent efforts have refined the Weeden Island culture concept so that the term "Weeden Island" includes several distinct regional manifestations which exhibited the same basic ceremonial complex (most likely associated with shared sociopolitical patterns), but that exhibited significant geographic
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and house sites. The two types of ceramics have separate histories, and the secular ceramics show considerable variation between regions. Milanich, et al. compare the Weeden Island sacred complex to the Hopewell and Mississippian complexes, i.e., a ceremonial complex practiced by several cultures.
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Several attempts have been made to segregate Weeden Island components into chronological phases based on temporal changes in settlement patterns, artifact assemblage, and ceremonial activities, all of which recognize an inherent distinction between the material culture of earlier and later Weedon
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indicate "that there was a sharp dichotomy between sacred and the secular" artifacts (particularly ceramics) within the Weeden Island culture, though this pattern has not been observed west of the Aucilla River.
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in 1923 and 1924. Archaeologists now recognize that the Weedon Island site is well outside the heartland of the Weeden Island culture. The Weedon Island site was part of the Weeden Island-related late
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many small fire pits are interpreted as evidence of ceremonies connected with processing the bodies. In 354 the wall of posts and other posts were piled up over the empty grave pits and burned.
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valley in southeastern Alabama. Undefined Weeden Island culture variants are found in southeastern Alabama and southwestern Georgia outside the Kolomoki/Wakulla Weeden Island areas.
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Primary habitation sites were concentrated along the coast, with smaller sites adjacent to inland waterways. The inhabitants left numerous shell middens, composed primarily of
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in the area have been disturbed or destroyed by artifact hunters and "borrowing" for road-building material, and there have been no major excavations of sites in the region.
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The McKeithen Weeden Island culture was a regional variant of early Weeden Island culture in north Florida. The area of the McKeithen Weeden Island culture was north of the
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in northernmost inland Florida; the Manasota culture located within the central Peninsular Gulf Coast; the Northwest culture, extending from the Aucilla River through the
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burned, then a fire was built of top of it for a feast. A large bowl with animal heads on its rim, which may have been used for serving ceremonial drinks such as the
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Weeden Island cultures are defined by ceramics, which fall into two categories, sometimes called secular and sacred. Sacred ceramics are found primarily in
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and Green Point traditions. It persisted in some areas until the end of the Woodland period ca. 1200. Weeden Island sites have been found from
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were also consumed. Horticulture was absent or a late introduction, although the inhabitants of the southern end of the region (Pasco and
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culture, located in the lower Chattahoochee Valley; the later Wakulla Weeden Island culture, in the lower Chattahoochee Valley, the lower
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The north peninsular Gulf coast variant of the Weeden Island culture existed along the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida from the
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State of Florida Office of Cultural and Historical Programs: Chapter 8. North Peninsular Gulf Coast, 2500 B.P.-A.D. 1600
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Island manifestations. It is most widely accepted that the Weeden Island culture be split into two time periods: the
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Milanich, Jerald T.; Cordell, Ann S.; Knight, Vernon J. Jr.; Kohler, Timothy A.; Sigler-Lavelle, Brenda J. (1997) .
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Milanich, Jerald T. (2002). "Weeden Island Cultures". In Anderson, David G.; Mainfort, Robert C. Jr. (eds.).
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variant of the Weeden Island culture. Later sites in the southern part of the region show influence from the
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as have other variants of the Weeden Island culture. While a number of sites have been surveyed, most of the
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Anon. 1993. "Chapter 6. North-central Florida, 2500 N>P>-A>D> 1702", in Milanich, Jerald, Ed.
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meet. To the east of this Weeden Island heartland, Weeden Island secular components developed out of the
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The Weeden Island culture was not uniform over the north peninsular Gulf coast. Ceramics related to the
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Period (700 AD - 1200 AD). Some Weeden Island II cultures later developed into local variants of the
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The site on Weedon Island where Weeden Island sacred ceramics were first described was excavated by
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variants of Weeden Island groups used slightly different subsistence strategies dictated by local
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Scholars believe that the secular components of Weeden Island cultures emerged from the
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Associated culture - Weeden Island ceremonialism adopted by non-Weeden Island culture
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Cultures that existed during the Late Woodland period of the North American Southeast
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drainage basin. It lasted about 500 years, from 200 to 700. It was succeeded by the
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variations. These include: the North peninsular Gulf Coast variant, found along the
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As in other Weeden Island areas, there is a difference between ceremonial/prestige
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Archaeology of Northern Florida, A.D. 200-900: The McKeithen Weeden Island Culture
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are found scattered at early sites throughout the area, but particularly so in
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CE. Abundant evidence of occupation was found in a crescent around a presumed
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shells. Fish of various kinds were another important component of the diet.
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Flint River valley (Georgia) and Choctawhatchee River valley (Alabama)
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The McKeithen culture is named after a landowner who invited
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marine resources accurately characterizes Weeden Island
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One of the living mounds at the Weedon island type site.
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Index


archaeological cultures
Woodland period
North American Southeast
Weedon Island site
Old Tampa Bay
Pinellas County
mounds
middens
Swift Creek culture
CE
Chattahoochee
Apalachicola
drainage
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Deptford culture
Hopewell tradition
Yent
Mobile Bay
Okefenokee Swamp
Tampa Bay
fall line
Columbus, Georgia
geographic
environment
small-scale agriculture
sedentary
hunter-gatherer

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