Belle Glade culture
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The Belle Glade culture was a prehistoric Native American archaeological culture of southern Florida, characterized by earthwork mounds, extensive wetland adaptations, and association with the later Mayaimi people around Lake Okeechobee.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American culture
→
archaeological culture → prehistoric culture → |
| archaeologicalRegion |
Everglades region
→
Kissimmee River valley → Lake Okeechobee Basin → |
| associatedWith |
Lake Okeechobee
→
Mayaimi people → |
| culturalArea |
Eastern North America
→
Southeastern Woodlands → |
| economyBasedOn |
fishing
→
gathering wild plants → hunting → maize agriculture → |
| endDate |
circa 1700 CE
→
|
| environmentAdaptation |
lake margin habitation
→
seasonally flooded landscapes → wetland adaptation → |
| flourishedDuring |
1st millennium CE
→
2nd millennium CE → |
| hasCharacteristic |
burial mounds
→
canal systems → circular earthworks → earthwork mounds → extensive wetland adaptations → midden mounds → pond excavations → |
| hasSite |
Big Mound City
→
Fort Center → Ortona Mounds → Tony’s Mound → |
| hasTypeSite |
Belle Glade site
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|
| locatedIn |
Florida
→
United States → southern Florida → |
| materialCulture |
Belle Glade Plain ceramics
→
bone tools → sand-tempered plain pottery → shell tools → |
| namedAfter |
Belle Glade, Florida
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|
| predecessorOf |
Mayaimi chiefdom
→
|
| relatedTo |
Calusa
→
Glades culture → Tequesta → |
| startDate |
circa 500 BCE
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|
| studiedBy |
archaeologists
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|
| timePeriod |
Late Archaic period
→
Woodland period → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Mayaimi people
→
|
archaeologicalCultureAssociated |