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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Spanish Point Shell Midden Alternative Name: A Window on the Past
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 1.722 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Sarasota, FL  Nearest Village: Osprey, FL
Latitude: 27.203870N  Longitude: 82.49942W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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Spanish Point Shell Midden
Spanish Point Shell Midden submitted by AlexHunger : Spanish Point Shell Midden. Spanish Point/Ospraie Near Sarasota, Florida. N27.20387 W82.49942 The Spanish Point Penninsula was inhabited between 2000 BCE and 1000 CE by the so called Archaic Culture. During this time, the natives threw out remains of shells and fish bones, which gradualy caused the ground over which they lived to rise by about 5 meters. The natives themselves lived in smal... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in Sarasota County, Florida. This Archaic shell mound was the highest point in the area when the Webb family built their home in the late 1860's and started a citrus farm. It was only recognized later that the high point was due in part to the shell middens made by ancient peoples.

The finds within these shell mounds date back to before 2000BC.

The area is now known as Historic Spanish Point. Of particular interest is the "Window on the Past," a small museum located within a shell mound.

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Spanish Point Shell Midden
Spanish Point Shell Midden submitted by AlexHunger : Spanish Point Shell Midden Sarasota, Florida. Exposed portion of Midden near the Museum/Display which is more substantive but not exposed to daylight. Just compare this to Midden at Skara Brae on the Orkneys. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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