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Bolen Point: "Archaic People: About 9,500 years ago, the sea level began to rise as the northern ice sheets melted. The last of the great Ice Ages was coming to an end. By 7,000 years ago, the glaciers had retreated to their present position and the rapid rise in the sea leve became more gradual. The climate became warmer and wetter, and the sea level became much higher. Because the water table also rose, more marshes, lakes, and rivers covered the peninsula. As peple adapted to the changes in the environment, their culture also began to change. Archaeologists use the term Archaic to relate to the people of this time. Although mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, and and other large game animals could not survive the climatic changes. The human inhabitants successfully adapted to changes in their surroundings. The development of Florida's wetlands brought many new opportunities for hunting and collecting food. Freshwater and saltwater shellfish such as oysters, clams, shells, and mussels became an important part of the Archaic people's diet. The white tailed deer provided a good source of meat, and other animals such as raccoon and rabbit were also hunted or trapped. The more abundant food resources allowed the people of the Archaic period to become more numerous than during the Paleo period. Archaic sites contain evidence of these expanding populations and even more importantly a transition toward permanent village life." ~ Diorama/display in the Florida Museum of Natural History, Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo 091712-020.jpg) Archaic People: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1133 (Expected publication January 2013). Paleoindians section of the Division of Historical Resources - Florida Museum of History - Where I used to work - September 17, 2012: A Walk Down Memory Lane - revisiting College Town - Tallahassee, Florida. (c) 2012 - photography by Leaf McGowan, Thomas Baurley, Eadaoin Bineid - technogypsie.com. To purchase this photo or to obtain permission to use, go to www.technogypsie.com/photography/
"PALEOINDIANS: The earliest people who inhabited North America are called Paleoindians. They came to Florida during the end of the last Ice Age, at least 12,000 years ago. Their way of life lasted for about 2,500 years. Archaeologists have found few Paleoindian sites. If, as it seems likely, these early people lived along the coast of Florida, their settlements have been covered by the rising sea level. Compared to later Florida Indian cultures, Paleoindians lived in small, widely dispersed groups. Their artifacts are often found around outcrops of a flint-like rock called chert. Pieces of chert were chipped, or knapped, to make stone tools. Paleoindian artifacts are also found in springs, sinkholes and rivers that were probably ancient waterholes. These were important sources of fresh water in an otherwise dry landscape.
PALEO TIMELINE: 12,000 B.P. to 9,500 B.P. (Before present) - EARLY PALEO PERIOD: 12,000-10,000 BP - Simpson point on mammoth ivory foreshaft (circa 11,500 BP) - First evidence of people on the Florida peninsula, Paleoindians live a semi-nomadic life, hunt big game like mastadon, climate was drier than today, and sea level is more than 100 feet lower than today. - Bison antiguns skull with embedded spearpoint, Wacissa River (circa 11,000 BP).
LATE PALEO PERIOD: 10,000 to 9500 BP - stone bola weight (circa 10,000 BP) had most big game animals extinct, wetter climate prevails, sea level rises gradually, several new styles of stone points appear, like the side notched bolan point. " ~ Display in the Florida Museum of Natural History.
For more information visit:
Paleoindians: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=939 (expected publication December 2012)
Tallahassee: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=5093 (Expected publication November 2012)
Florida: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=5079 (Expected Publication December 2012)
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091712-019bolenpts
Bolen Point: "Archaic People: About 9,500 years ago, the sea level began to rise as the northern ice sheets melted. The last of the great Ice Ages was coming to an end. By 7,000 years ago, the glaciers had retreated to their present position and the rapid rise in the sea leve became more gradual. The climate became warmer and wetter, and the sea level became much higher. Because the water table also rose, more marshes, lakes, and rivers covered the peninsula. As peple adapted to the changes in the environment, their culture also began to change. Archaeologists use the term Archaic to relate to the people of this time. Although mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, and and other large game animals could not survive the climatic changes. The human inhabitants successfully adapted to changes in their surroundings. The development of Florida's wetlands brought many new opportunities for hunting and collecting food. Freshwater and saltwater shellfish such as oysters, clams, shells, and mussels became an important part of the Archaic people's diet. The white tailed deer provided a good source of meat, and other animals such as raccoon and rabbit were also hunted or trapped. The more abundant food resources allowed the people of the Archaic period to become more numerous than during the Paleo period. Archaic sites contain evidence of these expanding populations and even more importantly a transition toward permanent village life." ~ Diorama/display in the Florida Museum of Natural History, Tallahassee, Florida. (Photo 091712-020.jpg) Archaic People: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=1133 (Expected publication January 2013). Paleoindians section of the Division of Historical Resources - Florida Museum of History - Where I used to work - September 17, 2012: A Walk Down Memory Lane - revisiting College Town - Tallahassee, Florida. (c) 2012 - photography by Leaf McGowan, Thomas Baurley, Eadaoin Bineid - technogypsie.com. To purchase this photo or to obtain permission to use, go to www.technogypsie.com/photography/
"PALEOINDIANS: The earliest people who inhabited North America are called Paleoindians. They came to Florida during the end of the last Ice Age, at least 12,000 years ago. Their way of life lasted for about 2,500 years. Archaeologists have found few Paleoindian sites. If, as it seems likely, these early people lived along the coast of Florida, their settlements have been covered by the rising sea level. Compared to later Florida Indian cultures, Paleoindians lived in small, widely dispersed groups. Their artifacts are often found around outcrops of a flint-like rock called chert. Pieces of chert were chipped, or knapped, to make stone tools. Paleoindian artifacts are also found in springs, sinkholes and rivers that were probably ancient waterholes. These were important sources of fresh water in an otherwise dry landscape.
PALEO TIMELINE: 12,000 B.P. to 9,500 B.P. (Before present) - EARLY PALEO PERIOD: 12,000-10,000 BP - Simpson point on mammoth ivory foreshaft (circa 11,500 BP) - First evidence of people on the Florida peninsula, Paleoindians live a semi-nomadic life, hunt big game like mastadon, climate was drier than today, and sea level is more than 100 feet lower than today. - Bison antiguns skull with embedded spearpoint, Wacissa River (circa 11,000 BP).
LATE PALEO PERIOD: 10,000 to 9500 BP - stone bola weight (circa 10,000 BP) had most big game animals extinct, wetter climate prevails, sea level rises gradually, several new styles of stone points appear, like the side notched bolan point. " ~ Display in the Florida Museum of Natural History.
For more information visit:
Paleoindians: www.technogypsie.com/science/?p=939 (expected publication December 2012)
Tallahassee: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=5093 (Expected publication November 2012)
Florida: www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=5079 (Expected Publication December 2012)
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