Tacachale Essays on the Indians of Florida and Southeastern Georgia during the Historic Period
Tacachale ---a Timucuan word that means "to light a new fire"--refers to an Indian ritual that the Timucuans used to minimize impending change and maintain their way of life. In these essays it symbolizes the efforts of the aborigines of Florida and southeastern Georgia to deal with the destruction of their cultures during the period of European colonization. Jerald T. Milanich is curator of archaeology and chair, Department of Anthropology, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. He is the author or editor of eleven books and monographs, including Famous Florida Sites (UPF, 1999) and Florida's Indians from Ancient Times to the Present (UPF, 1998). Samuel Proctor is Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Florida and editor of the Bicentennial Floridiana Facsimile Series (UPF). He is the author or editor of numerous books on the history of Florida and the Southeast, including Napoleon Bonaparte Broward: Florida's Fighting Democrat (UPF, 1993) and Gator History: A Pictorial History of the University of Florida. For many years he was editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly. Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
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