The Calusa and Their Legacy

South Florida People and Their Environments

Buch | Hardcover

2004
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-2773-9 (ISBN)

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This history of the Calusa Indians who controlled all of south Florida when Europeans first arrived in the New World, presents a picture of the natural environment that sustained the Calusa - the teeming estuaries along Florida's coasts, which have supported people for thousands of years.

This history, rich with photographs and colorful drawings of the remarkable Calusa Indians who controlled all of south Florida when Europeans first arrived in the New World, presents a vivid picture of the luxurious natural environment that sustained the Calusa - the teeming estuaries along Florida's coasts, which have supported people for thousands of years. The Calusa were the last native Florida Indian people to succumb to colonization, but by the mid-1700s they had disappeared entirely. This book describes the artifacts they left behind and the plants and animals that inhabited the landscape and the underwater world of their ecosystem. It also discusses their traditions that survive to the present day among modern fisherfolk and the vibrant culture of Native Americans in south Florida - the Seminole and Miccosukee peoples. The Calusa and Their Legacy will inspire readers to value south Florida's multicultural history and ecology. It is written for a broad audience of all ages (from elementary schoolers to senior citizens) and all educational levels. It will be enjoyed by environmentalists, eco/heritage tourists, and everyone interested in understanding a sense of place in the natural world. The book's dramatic and authentic illustrations of Calusa life were created by artists working at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, where a major permanent exhibition has interpreted this story since 2002.

Darcie A. MacMahon, assistant director of exhibits at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, is coauthor of Fort Mose: Colonial America's First Black Fortress of Freedom. William H. Marquardt, curator in archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, is also associate director of the University of Florida Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies and the author of three books on archaeological excavations in south Florida.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.2004
Zusatzinfo	56 colour & 123 b&w illustrations, 7 maps
Verlagsort	Florida
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
ISBN-10	0-8130-2773-X / 081302773X
ISBN-13	978-0-8130-2773-9 / 9780813027739
Zustand	Neuware