TURTLE MOUND, FLORIDA INVESTIGATION
- From: michaelruggeri@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:16:14 -0700 (PDT)
Listeros,
Turtle Mound in Florida which is a massive oyster-shell pile is being
re-investigated. Archaeologists have found 1,200 year old pottery and
other artifacts for radio-carbon analysis. Turtle Mound is the highest
shell midden in the country being 35 feet tall at this point but may
have been 54 feet tall before erosion. There are 35,000 cubic feet of
oyster shells.
The mound may be as old as 1000 BCE and the new radio-carbon dates may
confirm that.
National Geographic has the story here with a video;
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/orl-mound2908apr29,0,5758195.story?page=1&track=rss
Here is a tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/6ljper
Mike Ruggeri
Mike Ruggeri's Mississippians and Mound Builders including the Adena
and Hopewell
http://tinyurl.com/276d8z
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