The Hickory Ridge Cemetery Archeological Site ( 8ES1280) is an archaeological site in

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, Escambia County

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. It is located north of Big Lagoon and west of Pensacola. During excavations in the 1980s carbon dating was done on burnt wood fragments associated with burials in the mound, with a determination that the site had been used c. 1450. Analysis of ceramics suggested it was a Mississippian culture site, probably from the Late Bottle Creek Phase or Early Bear Point Phases of the

Pensacola culture The Pensacola culture was a regional variation of the Mississippian culture along the Gulf Coast of the United States that lasted from 1100 to 1700 CE. The archaeological culture covers an area stretching from a transitional Pensacola/ Fort Wal ...

. It was a cemetery associated with a village nearby, (8ES1052). On September 22, 2000, it was added to the

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Escambia County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Escambia County listings
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Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs

Hickory Ridge - A Mississippian Period Cemetery in Northwest Florida
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University of West Florida
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