Mound Key

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archaeological site island

Mound Key is an archaeological island site in Estero Bay, Florida, that served as the principal ceremonial and political center of the Calusa people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mound Key canonical 2
Calusa cultural landscape 1
Mound Key Archaeological State Park 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
island ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance evidence of complex chiefdom-level society ⓘ
evidence of large-scale shell construction ⓘ
associatedPeople Calusa ⓘ
surface form: Calusa people
associatedWith Calusa capital ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Calusa ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf shell deposits ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Lee County, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritageOf Indigenous peoples of Florida ⓘ
culturalPeriod Late Prehistoric Florida ⓘ
Mississippian-related Southeast chiefdoms ⓘ
ecosystemType coastal island ⓘ
elevationType midden mound ⓘ
governingBody Florida ⓘ
surface form: State of Florida
hasArchaeologicalRemains canals ⓘ
mounds ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
shell middens ⓘ
structural remains ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalType shell mound site ⓘ
hasEnvironment estuarine environment ⓘ
hasHistoricUse ceremonial center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places site
locatedIn Estero Bay ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInBodyOfWater Estero Bay ⓘ
locatedNear Estero Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fort Myers Beach ⓘ
partOf Mound Key self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Calusa cultural landscape

Calusa domain ⓘ
protectedAs state archaeological site ⓘ
region Southwest Florida ⓘ
servedAs principal ceremonial center of the Calusa ⓘ
principal political center of the Calusa ⓘ
significance important archaeological site in Southwest Florida ⓘ
major center of Calusa power ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
timePeriod Contact period ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
usedFor political administration ⓘ
residential occupation ⓘ
ritual activities ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calusa → capital → Mound Key ⓘ
Mound Key → partOf → Mound Key self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calusa cultural landscape
Estero Bay → nearbyIsland → Mound Key ⓘ
Estero Bay → containsArchaeologicalSite → Mound Key ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mound Key Archaeological State Park