Florida Native American Heritage Trail - (Page 17) of the environment in northeast Florida and how humans have interacted with this environment for thousands of years. e history and archaeology of the Timucuans are featured. Putnam County Historic Museum, Bronson-Mulholland House Palataka, Putnam County 386.329.0140 www.rootsweb.com/~flpchs/virtual_tour.htm preserved and interpreted. Significant to Native American heritage is the use of the fort as a prison cell for Osceola before he was moved to Fort Sumter, and as a prison cell for Apache warriors in the late 1800s. Mt. Royal Archaeological Site Welaka, Putnam County 386.467.9709 www.flheritage.com/archaeology/projects/ mountroyal/ Old Florida Museum St. Augustine, St. Johns County 800.813.3208 www.oldfloridamuseum.com/index.html Native American exhibits feature cultures from the St. Johns River and include artifacts and interpretive panels. Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine, St. Johns County 904.829.6506 www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm Unique among national parks, the Castillo de San Marcos, a national monument, encompasses nearly 450 years of history and culture. Historical and cultural influences of various groups associated with the site are is “Hands On” museum has exhibits and special programs that allow guests to participate in daily living activities from pre-European times to 1900’s. e “Timucua Indian Program” includes grinding corn and using Native American techniques for face painting and making dugout canoes, jewelry, and tools, and the “Black Seminole Program” is offered in January and February. Advance reservations required. is archaeological site was famously described and illustrated by botanist William Bartram in 1765. Archaeologist Clarence B. Moore excavated a large and a small mound at the site in 1894. Excavations in the 1950s and by the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research in the 1980s and 1990s led to the discovery of earthworks, a village area, and evidence of a Spanish Mission occupied by Timucuan Indians. Today the burial mound and site are interpreted as a park in the Mt. Royal Airpark Development. “On Top of the World” Artist depiction of the Pineland site, Pine Island, (see Calusa Heritage Trail, page 30). (Image courtesy of Florida Museum of Natural History, Randell Research Center, Pine Island; artist: Merald Clark) 17 http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/projects/mountroyal/ http://www.oldfloridamuseum.com/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~flpchs/virtual_tour.htm http://www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm
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