Digging Miami /

Digging Miami /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Carr, Robert S.
Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
Description:	xiii, 295 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Indians of North America -- Florida -- Miami -- Antiquities. Seminole Indians -- Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Florida -- Miami. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) Indians of North America -- Antiquities. Seminole Indians -- Antiquities. Miami (Fla.) -- Antiquities. Florida -- Miami.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8913671

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ISBN:	9780813042060 (alk. paper) 0813042062 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	An exploration of the archaeological findings of one of Miami's best archaeologists.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface: More than Just Seashells
1. Diggers, Scientists, and Antiquarians: History of Archaeological Research
Part I. Prehistoric Miami
2. The First People: The Curler Fossil Site
3. The South Florida Archaic
4. The Perfect Balance: Adapting to the Land and Sea
5. Sacred Geography: The Prehistoric Settlement System
Part II. Failed Settlements: The European Legacy
6. European Contact: The Transition to Extinction
7. The English and Bahamian Legacy
Part III. Seminole Legacy
8. Seminole Archaeology
9. Stockades and Musket Balls
Part IV. Pioneer Miami
10. The Archaeology of Arrowroot: Miami's First Industry
11. Tropical Homesteads: Artifacts of Miami's Pioneers
Part V. Urban Archaeology: A Past with a Future
12. The Miami Circle and Beyond
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
References Cited
Index