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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Fort Center Archaeological Site Alternative Name: Fort CenterCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Moore Haven
Latitude: 26.956350N Longitude: 81.15929W
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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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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