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Archaeology Of Silver Springs State Park, Marion County, Florida, Rudy J. Westerman
Archaeology Of Silver Springs State Park, Marion County, Florida, Rudy J. Westerman
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
An archaeological survey was conducted of the Silver Springs State Park in Ocala, Florida, between August 2014 and December 2015. The project goals were to relocate and assess the previously recorded archaeological sites in the park and attempt to discover new sites. Background research, archaeological fieldwork including surface collection, shovel testing, and informant interview were conducted with this aim. Each site is described and addressed, and most were relocated; twelve new resources were added to the inventory. The Silver Springs and Silver River watershed have been occupied from the Paleo-Indian period at least 13,000 years ago through the twentieth century. …