Location | Blountstown, Florida, Calhoun County, Florida, USA |
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Region | Calhoun County, Florida |
Coordinates | 30°25′51″N85°01′34″W / 30.43083°N 85.02611°W |
History | |
Founded | 1200 CE |
Cultures | Fort Walton Culture, |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | platform mound |
Architectural details | Number of temples: |
Cayson Mound and Village Site | |
NRHP reference No. | 76000587 |
Added to NRHP | 15 March 1976 [1] |
The Cayson Mound and Village Site (8CA3) is a prehistoric archaeological site located near Blountstown, Florida. It is located three miles southeast of Blountstown, on the Apalachicola River. The site was occupied by peoples of the Fort Walton Culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture). [2] On March 15, 1976, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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The Hickory Ridge Cemetery Archeological Site (8ES1280) is an archaeological site in Pensacola, Escambia County Florida. It is located north of Big Lagoon and west of Pensacola. During excavations in the 1980s carbon dating was done on burnt wood fragments associated with burials in the mound, with a determination that the site had been used c. 1450. Analysis of ceramics suggested it was a Mississippian culture site, probably from the Late Bottle Creek Phase or Early Bear Point Phases of the Pensacola culture. It was a cemetery associated with a village nearby, (8ES1052). On September 22, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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