Safety Harbor archaeological culture
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The Safety Harbor archaeological culture was a late pre-Columbian Native American culture of Florida’s Gulf Coast, best known as the cultural tradition associated with the Tocobaga and related chiefdoms encountered by early Spanish explorers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Safety Harbor archaeological culture canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological culture
ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mocoso
ⓘ
Pohoy ⓘ Tocobaga ⓘ Uzita ⓘ |
| burialPractice | mound burials with grave goods ⓘ |
| coreArea | northern and eastern Tampa Bay ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declineCause |
European-introduced diseases
ⓘ
Spanish colonial disruption ⓘ |
| economy | mixed agriculture, fishing, hunting, and gathering ⓘ |
| encounteredBy |
Hernando de Soto expedition
ⓘ
Pánfilo de Narváez expedition of 1528 ⓘ
surface form:
Pánfilo de Narváez expedition
|
| endTime | circa 1725 CE ⓘ |
| floruit | circa 1000–1600 CE ⓘ |
| followedBy | mission-period Native communities of Florida ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Safety Harbor site
ⓘ
surface form:
Safety Harbor chiefdom
|
| hasCharacteristic |
Mississippian-style ceremonialism
ⓘ
burial mounds ⓘ chiefdom-level social organization ⓘ copper and shell ornaments ⓘ engraved and incised ceramics ⓘ intensive fishing and shellfishing ⓘ long-distance trade networks ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ platform mounds ⓘ plaza-centered villages ⓘ ranked social hierarchy ⓘ shell middens ⓘ shell-tempered pottery ⓘ |
| hasTypeSite |
Safety Harbor site
ⓘ
surface form:
Safety Harbor Site
|
| interactedWith | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florida
ⓘ
Florida Gulf Coast ⓘ Tampa Bay area ⓘ
surface form:
Tampa Bay region
|
| materialCulture |
Safety Harbor ceramics
ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ shell tools ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Safety Harbor, Florida ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eastern Woodlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Woodlands cultural area
|
| politicalOrganization | multiple interacting chiefdoms ⓘ |
| precededBy | Weeden Island culture ⓘ |
| region | central Florida Gulf Coast ⓘ |
| religion | southeastern Native ceremonial complex ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 900 CE ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Woodland period
ⓘ
Mississippian period ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.