Belle Glade culture

E78492

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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American culture
archaeological culture
prehistoric culture
archaeologicalRegion Everglades
surface form: Everglades region

Kissimmee River basin
surface form: Kissimmee River valley

Lake Okeechobee basin
surface form: Lake Okeechobee Basin
associatedWith Lake Mayaimi (historical name of Lake Okeechobee)
surface form: Lake Okeechobee

Mayaimi people
culturalArea Northeastern North America
surface form: 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
locatedIn Florida
United States of America
surface form: United States

South Florida
surface form: southern Florida
materialCulture Belle Glade Plain ceramics
bone tools
sand-tempered plain pottery
shell tools
namedAfter City of Belle Glade, Florida
surface form: Belle Glade, Florida
predecessorOf Mayaimi
surface form: Mayaimi chiefdom
relatedTo Calusa
Glades culture
Tequesta
startDate circa 500 BCE
studiedBy archaeologists
timePeriod Late Archaic period
Woodland period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Mayaimi people archaeologicalCultureAssociated Belle Glade culture
Glades culture sharesBorderWith Belle Glade culture
Glades culture sharesBorderWith Belle Glade culture
this entity surface form: Okeechobee Basin cultures
Big Mound City associatedCulture Belle Glade culture
Tony’s Mound culture Belle Glade culture
Tony’s Mound associatedWith Belle Glade culture
this entity surface form: Belle Glade archaeological culture
Tony’s Mound constructedBy Belle Glade culture
this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Belle Glade culture
Tony’s Mound partOf Belle Glade culture
this entity surface form: Belle Glade earthwork tradition
Fort Center associatedWith Belle Glade culture
Fort Center culture Belle Glade culture
Fort Center referencedIn Belle Glade culture
this entity surface form: Fort Center: An Archaeological Site in the Lake Okeechobee Basin
Ortona Mounds associatedWithCulture Belle Glade culture