<< Our Photo Pages >> Lake Okeechobee - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The South
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Multi-periodSite Name: Lake OkeechobeeCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Belle Glade, FL
Latitude: 26.947000N Longitude: 80.787W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Twenty or more substantial prehistoric sites have been located in the floor of the lake. The depth and size of the lake have been held higher in the last century as part of Florida's water management system. Severe drought in 2006-2007 has uncovered the sites which vary among cemeteries, village sites, and shell and earthen mounds.
Archaeologists are attempting to map sites while Florida Wildlife Conservation Officers attempt to prevent looting. Everyone is trying to avoid wildfires which have periodically occurred in now dry marsh areas along the now uncovered lake bed. Location given is not the Lake itself, not a particular site.
Note: Along with Fires, Gators, and Airboat pilots patrolling for looters with rifles, dredged Lake bed soil is full of arsenic.
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