Gems of the Nature Coast: Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Temple Mound at Crystal River State Archaeological Park
Persons in authority like to establish or place themselves above the general population to reinforce their status. Temple mounds in prehistory are believed to have been built for that purpose. Just as in today's society - the higher up you go - the more powerful you appear to those in the community. The largest/highest platform (Temple) mound was built sometime after 600 AD. Today, only about 1/4 to 1/3 of the original mound remains.
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Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Take a virtual tour of Crystal River Archaeological State Park, complete with burial mounds, a huge temple mound, plaza, and other examples of pre-Columbian Native American life.
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Crystal River Archaeological State Park
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A day at crystal river archaeological state park
A day at crystal river archaeological state park
Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Temple Mound, Burial Mound & Middens
This is one of the most well preserved examples of extant pre-Colombian Indian remains anywhere in the world. Archaeologists suggest that this was a ceremonial complex and that Indians travelled great distances to bury their dead, trade and attend religious rites at this site which served in that capacity for millennia until the advent of Spanish exploration and European encroachment.
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Virtual video tour of the Crystal River Site. Photos (C) 2014 by Will Holcomb. Music Purple Mist of Evening by Lifescapes (#13) For similar content visit facebook.com/billyboardwalk
A National Historic Landmark, this 61-acre, pre-Columbian, Native American site has burial mounds, temple/platform mounds, a plaza area and a substantial midden. The six-mound complex is one of the longest continuously occupied sites in Florida. For 1,600 years the site served as an imposing ceremonial center for Native Americans.
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Exploring Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge was created around the Three Sisters Springs, a place where Florida's manatees seek refuge during the cold winter temperature in the 93.9F springs.
Econo Lodge Crystal River - Crystal River Hotels, Florida
Econo Lodge Crystal River 2 Stars Crystal River Hotels, Florida Within US Travel Directory This Econo Lodge is located on the west coast of central Florida, near the Gulf of Mexico. This Crystal River hotel is close to area attractions, including Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Weeki Wachee Springs, and the Ted Williams Museum.Guests of this hotel are invited to enjoy many amenities, including free continental breakfast, free local calls, free coffee in the lobby, and an outdoor pool. Business travelers will appreciate access to fax and copy services. Guest laundry facilities and refrigerator hires are also available. Pets are welcome for a surcharge.The crystal clear waters of King's Bay, providing the perfect location to see manatees in their natural habitat from March through November, are a short drive away. Crystal River is known as the Diving Capital of the World. Additional nearby attractions include the Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Yulee Sugar Mill, and the Coastal Heritage Museum.Several outdoor activities, including boating, canoeing, hunting, fishing, golfing, swimming, and diving, are offered in the surrounding area. A wide variety of restaurants and cocktail lounges are located nearby. The Oar House cocktail lounge is adjacent to the hotel.
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Florida archaeological site yields clues to early civilization in southeast U.S.
The discovery of stone tools alongside mastodon bones in a Florida river shows that humans settled the southeastern United States as much as 1,500 years earlier than scientists previously believed, according to a research team led by a Florida State University professor.
This site on the Aucilla River — about 45 minutes from Tallahassee — is now the oldest known site of human life in the southeastern United States. It dates back 14,550 years. For more information visit news.fsu.edu
Crystal River Preserve State Park - Crystal River, Florida
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Crystal River Preserve State Park
Crystal River Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, originally known as the Crystal River Buffer Preserve, covering 30,000 acres of islands, inlets, backwaters, and forests.
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Crystal River ANCIENT NATIVE MOUNDS FATHERS DAY CEREMONY
Spiritlight visited this most SACRED PLACE dating back to 600BC, to perform a MOST SACRED FATHERS DAY CEREMONY to honor our Ancestors. Visit this place and find the peace within~There are 1200-1500 people buried here~ You CAN FEEL the ENERGY~
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This Econo Lodge is located on the west coast of central Florida, near the Gulf of Mexico. This Crystal River hotel is close to area attractions, including Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park, Weeki Wachee Springs, and the Ted Williams Museum.
Guests of this hotel are invited to enjoy many amenities, including free continental breakfast, free local calls, free coffee in the lobby, and an outdoor pool. Business travelers will appreciate access to fax and copy services. Guest laundry facilities and refrigerator hires are also available. Pets are welcome for a surcharge.
The crystal clear waters of King's Bay, providing the perfect location to see manatees in their natural habitat from March through November, are a short drive away. Crystal River is known as the Diving Capital of the World. Additional nearby attractions include the Crystal River Archaeological State Park, Yulee Sugar Mill, and the Coastal Heritage Museum.
Several outdoor activities, including boating, canoeing, hunting, fishing, golfing, swimming, and diving, are offered in the surrounding area. A wide variety of restaurants and cocktail lounges are located nearby. The Oar House cocktail lounge is adjacent to the hotel.
AMAZING Archaeological Sites of the US!!
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Number 10: Blackwater Draw.
Archaeology found in New Mexico near the town of Clovis, Blackwater Draw is one of the oldest archaeological sites in the US, with ancient artifacts upward of 12,000 years old being found there. To put that into perspective, that is around the time that mammoths roamed the land and arrows were the apex weaponry of the time.
This area’s claim to fame comes from the Paleoindians and the materials they would use. They had a unique type of projectile point, called the Clovis point, made from a mixture of jasper, obsidian and a few other types of brittle stone; although these arrowheads were very brittle, they were unbelievably sharp. Discovering these allowed archaeologists to date the arrowheads, as well as other artifacts of the find. Over the years there were more items have been found in the area, but the initial discovery of the Clovis arrowheads is still the biggest find in the region.
Today, the area has been made into the museum where you can see the ancient weaponry and admire photos from their discovery.
Number 9: Bighorn Medicine Wheel.
This piece of history is rather interesting for 2 reasons. First, it was supposedly used by American Indians to read the stars. And, second, because there are actually hundreds of Medicine Wheels throughout the US. It is actually quite likely that if you live in the US there is one relatively close to you right now.
What makes the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Lovell, Wyoming special is that it’s the biggest one found to date, and is also the most studied. That particular wheel has been dated between 300 and 800 years old. These structures got their names from their shape and its uncanny likeliness to a wagon wheel; each of these has a central cairn that is large enough to sit in and spokes leading to an outer circle which also have a few cairns spread out throughout its circumference.
If you sit in the middle and look down at another cairn on the wheel they will lead you to a point on the horizon, archaeoastronomer Jack Eddy has studied these and has concluded that some of these pointed in the direction of the sunset and sunrise during the summer solstice while others point towards significant star alignments.
Number 8: Horseshoe Canyon.
Located in beautiful southern Utah, Horseshoe Canyon is a great place to visit for 2 reasons, if you are a hiking enthusiast, it has an incredible 7 mile hike through Canyonlands National Park. But, more to the point, it also has some of the best examples of Native American cave drawings you will ever find. This is especially impressive when you consider that some of the drawings are said to be among the oldest ever recorded, between 700 and 2000 years old. The most famous point is known as the Great Gallery and is over 200 feet wide and 15 feet high, featuring an array of life size anthropomorphic images as large as 7 feet tall.
To take the hike that will go past the drawings you will need to begin at the Goblin Valley State Park and take the 30 mile drive to the canyon before beginning your 7 mile round trip hike, viewing not only the drawings but all the nature that Utah has to offer.
Number 7: Nash Dinosaur Track Site.
If you want to walk where dinosaurs have walked, maybe even compare your foot size to that of beasts from millions of years ago, then luckily we know just the place you should visit! The Nash Dinosaur Track Site is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts in the Connecticut River Valley area, and is a great place to take your family to experience a piece of ancient history. The first tracks were found here back in 1802 by a farmer’s son named Pliny Moody and were that of a small, long extinct bird.
Although they didn’t know it at the time, that very fossilized footprint, as well as one other, would eventually make their way to Amherst college to be studied, bringing about the interest in the area and leading to the Nash Dinosaur track site being built in 1939…just one mile from the first footprints discovery.
If looking at tracks in the on-site museum and out in the surrounding areas of the park isn’t awesome enough for you then you can always buy your very own dinosaur footprint or fossils at the on-sight gift shop that is guaranteed to give your home that added classy edge that others just don’t have. I need to know, though…would you own your own dinosaur track? Let us know in the comments below!
Number 6: Crystal River Mounds.
This archaeological site is labeled one of America’s longest, continually occupied sites.
Quick look around Mullet Hole Crystal River Preserve State Park, Florida
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Fort Island Gulf Beach West of Crystal River Florida
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Gator at Crystal River Preserve State Park
Florida Indian Mound Sites and Native American Artifacts 10
There are over 100 Indian Mound or Relic Sites open to the public, as listed in the book Boardwalks and Long Walks : Rediscovering Florida.
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A rapid fire video of the Indian Mounds and Artifacts on the West Coast and interior of Florida. This quick overview was done with photostory.