East Florida coastal shell midden tradition

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archaeological culture prehistoric culture

The East Florida coastal shell midden tradition is an archaeological culture characterized by extensive shell mound sites along Florida’s Atlantic coast, reflecting the lifeways of Indigenous groups such as the Ais who relied heavily on marine resources.

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Label	Occurrences
East Florida coastal shell midden tradition canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric culture ⓘ
associatedWith	Ais people ⓘ Indigenous peoples of Florida ⓘ hunter-gatherer-fisher groups ⓘ
culturalContinuityWith	later Indigenous groups encountered by Europeans on Florida’s east coast ⓘ
developedIn	Holocene ⓘ prehistoric period of Florida ⓘ
documentedBy	archaeological surveys along Florida’s Atlantic barrier islands and lagoons ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence	bone tools ⓘ ceramic sherds at later sites ⓘ charcoal and hearth features ⓘ faunal remains from fish and shellfish ⓘ human burials in or near shell mounds at some sites ⓘ shell tools ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	coastal settlement pattern ⓘ elevated habitation surfaces built from shell ⓘ intensive use of marine resources ⓘ large accumulations of oyster and other marine shells ⓘ midden-ring and ridge formations in some sites ⓘ shell middens ⓘ shell mounds ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	estuarine resource exploitation ⓘ fishing ⓘ hunting of coastal and riverine fauna ⓘ shellfish gathering ⓘ
hasResearchTopics	environmental adaptation ⓘ settlement patterns ⓘ social organization inferred from mound size and distribution ⓘ subsistence strategies ⓘ
hasTypeSite	large shell mound complexes along the Indian River Lagoon ⓘ large shell mound complexes along the Mosquito Lagoon ⓘ
influencedBy	availability of estuarine and lagoonal environments ⓘ sea-level fluctuations during the Holocene ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ Florida ⓘ eastern Florida ⓘ
partOf	Pre-Columbian North America ⓘ surface form: Eastern North American Archaic and Woodland cultural traditions
relatedTo	Belle Glade archaeological culture through regional interaction ⓘ St. Johns archaeological culture ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	North American archaeology ⓘ archaeology ⓘ coastal archaeology ⓘ
temporalRelation	precontact period before European colonization of Florida ⓘ
threatenedBy	coastal erosion ⓘ modern coastal development ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ

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Ais → archaeologicalCulture → East Florida coastal shell midden tradition ⓘ