{"product_id":"the-west-and-central-florida-jeffrey-m-mitchem-9780817309510","title":"The West and Central Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis compilation of Moore's publications on western and central Florida provides all of his archaeological data on the region's mounds and prehistoric canals in a single volume.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe name Clarence B. Moore is familiar to every archaeologist interested in the southeastern United States. This amateur archaeologist's\u003cbr\u003enumerous scientific expeditions to the region resulted in dozens of well-illustrated publications, the value of which increases daily as many of the sites he investigated continue to be destroyed by modern development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoore invested considerable time and effort exploring Florida's archaeological sites, devoting more pages of published reports and articles to Florida than to any other state. Because of the wealth of material on Florida, Moore's Florida expedition publications have been\u003cbr\u003ecollected in three separate volumes, all published within the Classics in Southeastern Archaeology series. The thirteen papers reproduced in this\u003cbr\u003evolume present the results of Moore's research in West and Central Florida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoore's first and last expeditions were to Florida and spanned almost fifty years of archaeological investigations. Following the eastern river drainages to central and western Florida, in 1900 Moore concentrated his efforts along the Florida Gulf Coast, spurred by the exciting\u003cbr\u003ediscoveries of Frank Hamilton Cushing at Key Marco in 1896. Although this region is rich in mound sites, many sites located by Moore in the early\u003cbr\u003eyears of this century had already been destroyed by construction and lime processing. In addition to mound groupings--some containing masses of skeletal remains--Moore found a number of sites connected by a network of prehistoric canals. Several of the sites located by Moore contained European trade goods and have been used to trace the early wanderings of the conquistadores in the New World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoore's early work on the Florida Gulf Coast succeeded in preserving much of the archaeological record in this area. He is to be credited with remarkable insights concerning mound and earthwork construction, artifact trade networks, and chronology development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey M. Mitchem,Clarence Bloomfield Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817309519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817309510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.00h x 9.95w x 1.02d","brand":"Jeffrey M. Mitchem","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086954868991,"sku":"9780817309510","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21987eba-d34e-44ff-b5ae-727f635e7fc2.jpg?v=1769097459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-west-and-central-florida-jeffrey-m-mitchem-9780817309510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}