The Yent Mound (
8FR5) is a
Santa Rosa-Swift Creek culture
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archaeological site
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located on
Alligator Harbor west of
St. Teresa, Florida. It is on the east side of
County Road 370, approximately 2.5 miles from the junction of
U.S. Route 98. On May 24, 1973, it was added to the
U.S.
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National Register of Historic Places
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.
The Yent Mound was constructed by people of the
Deptford culture
The Deptford culture (800 BCE—700 CE) was an archaeological culture in southeastern North America characterized by the appearance of elaborate ceremonial complexes, increasing social and political complexity, mound burial, permanent settlement ...
around the beginning of the
Current Era
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. William Sears defined the archaeological Yent complex based on artifacts found in the Yent Mound,
Pierce Mound and
Crystal River Mounds. The Yent complex was related to the
Hopewell tradition
The Hopewell tradition, also called the Hopewell culture and Hopewellian exchange, describes a network of precontact Native American cultures that flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and midwestern Eastern Woodlands from ...
, and some of the artifacts were trade items from the Hopewell area.
See also
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List of burial mounds in the United States
This is a list of notable burial mounds in the United States built by Native Americans. Burial mounds were built by many different cultural groups over a span of many thousands of years, beginning in the Late Archaic period and continuing through ...
References
External links
Franklin County listingsa
National Register of Historic PlacesFranklin County listingsa
Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programsa
Florida's Department of Environmental ProtectionChapter 4. NORTHWEST FLORIDA, 2500 B.P.-A.D. 1000
Swift Creek culture
Woodland period
Geography of Franklin County, Florida
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Mounds in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Florida
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