Yon Mound and Village Site

Archaeological site in Florida, United States

30°25′55.99″N 85°0′59.00″W / 30.4322194°N 85.0163889°W / 30.4322194; -85.0163889HistoryFounded1200 CECulturesFort Walton Culture,Site notesArchaeologistsClarence Bloomfield MooreArchitectureArchitectural stylesplatform moundArchitectural detailsNumber of temples:
Yon Mound and Village Site
NRHP reference No.78000952[1]Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1978 Responsible body: Private

The Yon Mound and Village Site (8LI2) is a prehistoric archaeological site located two miles west of Bristol, Florida on the east bank of the Apalachicola River. The site was occupied by peoples of the Fort Walton Culture[2] (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture).[3] On December 15, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as reference number 78000952.[1]

Site description

Located in the middle Apalachicola River valley of northwest Florida, the site was first occupied briefly during the Swift Creek period at approximately 320 CE. About 1200 CE peoples of the Middle Fort Walton period began occupying the site with the construction of platform mound and associated village site. These people are thought to have been connected with the Cayson Mound and Village Site. The site was later occupied during the protohistoric period by Lamar phase peoples who migrated down the lower Chattahoochee-Apalachicola River, possibly in the wake of initial European contact in the early 16th century.[4]

It was first recorded and excavated by Clarence Bloomfield Moore in the early 20th century.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Rochelle A. Marrinan; Nancy Marie White (2007). "Modeling Fort Walton Culture in Northwest Florida" (PDF). Southeastern Archaeology. 26 (2–Winter): 297. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Frank Keel (September 2003). "An archaeological assessment of the Bradfordville Commercial Tract in Leon County, Florida" (PDF). p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 14, 2005.
  4. ^ a b Du Vernay, Jeffrey P. (2011). The Archaeology of Yon Mound and Village, Middle Apalachicola River Valley, Northwest Florida (Doctoral thesis). University of South Florida. Retrieved April 16, 2012.

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