Lecture: New Discoveries in South Florida Archaeology


By Robert S. Carr

Gabinete de Arqueología, La Habana, Cuba
Thursday, March 30, 9:00am

Since 1998, several major discoveries have been made in South Florida, including the “Miami Circle”. This site represents the first evidence found of a prehistoric Tequesta structure cut into the limestone bedrock. The subsequent discovery of eleven similar features in 2005-2014, on the opposite bank of the Miami River confirmed that the ancient town of Tequesta was an elevated village on top of piers rising above the banks of the Miami River. A discovery of postholes on the New River in Fort Lauderdale in February 2017 provides evidence of a similar village pattern, where thousands of well preserved faunal bones and seeds also were discovered. Southern Florida encompassed at least five prehistoric canals. These canals are the longest prehistoric canals outside of Mexico. The AHC recovered radiocarbon samples from two of the canals. Overall, these discoveries demonstrate a stratified chiefdomship capable of implementing substantial engineering projects a thousand years before European colonization.

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