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<< Image Pages >> Fort Center Archaeological Site - Artificial Mound in United States in The South

Submitted by AKFisher on Sunday, 30 July 2023  Page Views: 264

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Fort Center Archaeological Site Alternative Name: Fort Center
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Moore Haven
Latitude: 26.956350N  Longitude: 81.15929W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Fort Center Archaeological Site
Fort Center Archaeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Photo credit Gregory L. Little, Ed.D. Archaeological reconstruction of the Fort Center Mounds & earthworks in Florida from the mound encyclopedia. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in The South

From Wikipedia ~ Fort Center is an archaeological site in Glades County, Florida, United States, a few miles northwest of Lake Okeechobee. It was occupied for more than 2,000 years, from 450 BCE until about 1700 CE. The inhabitants of Fort Center may have been cultivating maize centuries before it appeared anywhere else in Florida.[1]

The area around Fisheating Creek was occupied by people of the Belle Glade culture from as early as 1000 BCE.

Fort Center is a complex of earthwork mounds, linear embankments, middens, circular ditches, and an artificial pond occupying an area approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide extending east-west along Fisheating Creek, a stream that empties unto Lake Okeechobee.[2]

The site is named for a US Army fortification, "Fort Center", used during the Seminole Wars.

Further reading and information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Center
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1136&context=tampabayhistory

Directions: via FL-78E and Herbert Hoover dike, 11 mi.
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Fort Center Archaeological Site
Fort Center Archaeological Site submitted by AKFisher : Wood carving of an eagle found at Fort Center in 1926, on display at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The carving is believed to be at least 1500 years old. Photo credit: Wiki (Donald Albury). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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