Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Through intensive analysis of use/wear indicators the tool kit of
the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been
reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated
technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and
ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly
or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary
analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was
the residence of the ceremonial practitioner, a second was a charnel
house, while a third was the village area where craftsmen who
fashioned ceremonial objects lived with their families.
the little known Belle Glade culture of South Florida has been
reconstructed. From this, we recognize a highly sophisticated
technology which can be divided into specialized, generalized and
ceremonial artifacts. All of these were utilized either directly
or in support of Hopewellian ceremonialism. This, plus a preliminary
analysis of the site plan indicates that one area of the site was
the residence of the ceremonial practitioner, a second was a charnel
house, while a third was the village area where craftsmen who
fashioned ceremonial objects lived with their families.
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