Mocama

E949916

Indigenous people Timucua people

Mocama were a coastal Timucua-speaking Indigenous people who inhabited the northeastern Florida and southeastern Georgia shoreline at the time of European contact.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ Timucua people ⓘ
affectedBy	Old World diseases ⓘ Spanish colonization ⓘ missionization by Spanish Franciscans ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	St. Johns culture (late prehistoric and contact period) NERFINISHED ⓘ
coast	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States (present-day) NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion	La Florida (Spanish colonial term) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultureArea	Mississippian-influenced chiefdoms ⓘ
documentedBy	French Huguenot accounts ⓘ Spanish colonial records ⓘ
encounteredBy	French explorers ⓘ Spanish explorers ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Timucua NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Timucua-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlementType	towns ⓘ villages ⓘ
historicalStatus	largely disappeared as a distinct group by 18th century ⓘ
language	Mocama dialect of Timucua ⓘ
languageFamily	Timucua language ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ northeastern Florida ⓘ southeastern Georgia ⓘ
modernDescendants	likely absorbed into other Indigenous and colonial populations ⓘ
nameMeaning	“sea” or “ocean” in Timucua (commonly interpreted) ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Guale NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamasee (later period) NERFINISHED ⓘ other Timucua groups ⓘ
notableSettlement	Saturiwa territory (near mouth of St. Johns River) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ Timucua NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationTrend	sharp decline after European contact ⓘ
regionToday	coastal northeast Florida ⓘ coastal southeast Georgia ⓘ
religion	Indigenous religion of the Timucua ⓘ
riverBasin	Altamaha River region NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Johns River NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Marys River NERFINISHED ⓘ
subsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ
timeOfEuropeanContact	16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Timucua → neighboringGroup → Mocama ⓘ

Guale → relatedEthnicGroup → Mocama ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of Florida → hasHistoricTribe → Mocama ⓘ