Famous Florida Sites
Mt. Royal and Crystal River
Edited
by Jerald T. Milanich
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Two of the most famous
archaeological monuments in the southeastern United
States—excavated first a century ago--are in
Florida. Both Crystal River (near the Gulf Coast in
Citrus County) and Mount Royal (on the St. Johns River
just north of Lake George) help shape our appreciation of
precolumbian Native American cultures. This volume,
written by some of the most notable American archaeologists, presents for
the first time the most extensive literature on fieldwork at the sites, including
descriptions of the extraordinary artifacts from each.
In a well-referenced introduction, Jerald Milanich places
both monuments in context and addresses the persistent
controversies and uncertainties that surround them,
answering questions such as when Mount Royal’s large
mound was constructed, why an array of copper artifacts was found there, and whether evidence supports the
contention that Crystal River was a solar observatory
with direct ties to the Maya.
Contents
Introduction, by Jerald T. Milanich
MOUNT ROYAL
Mt. Royal, Putnam County [1894], by Clarence B. Moore
CRYSTAL RIVER
Mound near the Shell-Heap, Crystal River, Florida [1903],
by Clarence B. Moore
Crystal River Revisited [1907], by Clarence B. Moore
Aboriginal Site on Crystal River, Florida [1918], by
Clarence B. Moore
Negative Painted Pottery from Crystal River, Florida
[1944], by Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips
The Cultural Context of the Crystal River Negative
Painted Style [1948], by Gordon R. Willey
A Prototype for the Southern Cult [1948], by Gordon R.
Willey
Crystal River, Florida: A 1949 Visit [1949] by Gordon R.
Willey
The Enigmatic Crystal River Site [1951], by Ripley P.
Bullen
Crystal River Revisited, Revisited, Revisited [1951], by
Hale G. Smith
The Famous Crystal River Site [1953], by Ripley P. Bullen
Veracruz, the Crystal River Complex, and the Hopewellian
Climax [1964], by Edward V. McMichael
Recent Additional Information [1965], by Ripley P. Bullen
Stelae at the Crystal River Site, Florida [1966], by
Ripley P. Bullen
Southeastern Classics in
Archaeology, Anthropology, and History
Jerald T. Milanich is curator of archaeology in the
Department of Anthropology at the Florida Museum of
Natural History, Gainesville. He is the author or editor
of twelve books and monographs, including:
1999. 256pp. 6 X 9.
96 illustrations, 8 tables, notes, works cited, index.
ISBN 0-8130-1694-0 Paper, $29.95s
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"Assembles a variety
of hard-to-find articles on two important Florida sites.
[Milanich’s introduction] provides an updated
interpretation of the sites and a context for the classic
articles."—Elizabeth D. Benchley,
University of West Florida
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