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Manifestations of a South Florida Cult in Northwestern Florida*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

John M. Goggin
John M. Goggin*
Affiliation:
Peabody Museum, New Haven, Conn. December, 1946
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A number of unusual ornaments of gold and copper were found several years ago in a site on Apalachee Bay, Wakulla County, Florida (Fig. 74). This site lies in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge a few hundred feet east of its lookout tower, several hundred yards south of the headquarters, and a mile northwest of the St. Marks lighthouse. The site is a burial ground, showing no signs of habitation other than some sherds and flakes of chert scattered on the surface. The burials are found close under the sandy surface on a small natural ridge which lies along the shore where high land merges into extensive marshes. Nearby are two other sites, both shallow refuse areas. One lies about 150 yards to the west, near the gate of the present lookout tower. The other is under the buildings of the present refuge headquarters.

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American Antiquity , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 1947 , pp. 273 - 276
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1947

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Footnotes

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This site was visited and various collections were examined as part of the work of the Yale Caribbean Program. I wish to thank David O. True for permission to study his specimens. John W. Griffin, archaeologist for the Florida Park Service, and his assistant, Hale G. Smith, kindly took me to the site in the summer of 1946, and later furnished information concerning sherds collected. Montague Tallant gave helpful data on his specimens from there. I also want to thank Richard F. Deckert, who drew the gold ornament and the crested bird ornament, and Vera M. Masius, who drew the other figures from sketches made by Dorothy F. Goggin.

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