Safety Harbor culture

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The Safety Harbor culture was a late pre-Columbian Native American archaeological culture of Florida’s Gulf Coast, known for its mound-building chiefdoms and associated with the ancestors of groups such as the Tocobaga.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Safety Harbor culture canonical 2
Safety Harbor phase 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
archaeologicalPhase Safety Harbor phase ⓘ
associatedWith Mocoso ⓘ
Pohoy ⓘ
Tocobaga ⓘ
Uzita ⓘ
contactEvent Hernando de Soto expedition ⓘ
Narváez expedition ⓘ
contactWith Spanish explorers ⓘ
coreArea Hillsborough County, Florida ⓘ
Manatee County, Florida ⓘ
Pinellas County, Florida ⓘ
Tampa Bay region ⓘ
linked to: Tampa Bay area

northern Sarasota County, Florida ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineCause European diseases ⓘ
Spanish colonial disruption ⓘ
endTime circa 1700 CE ⓘ
followedBy historic Native American groups of Florida Gulf Coast ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Jungle Prada site ⓘ
Maximo Point mounds ⓘ
Philippe Park mounds ⓘ
Safety Harbor site ⓘ
Snead Island sites ⓘ
Tocobaga site at Safety Harbor ⓘ
hasCapital Safety Harbor site ⓘ
hasCharacteristic chiefdom-level social organization ⓘ
copper and shell ornaments ⓘ
intensive fishing and shellfishing ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
shell-tempered pottery ⓘ
trade networks with interior Southeast ⓘ
influencedBy Mississippian culture ⓘ
knownFor burial mounds ⓘ
mound-building chiefdoms ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
shell middens ⓘ
languageFamilyAssociated Muskogean languages (possible for some groups) ⓘ
Timucuan languages (probable for some groups) ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
namedAfter Safety Harbor, Florida ⓘ
partOf Eastern Woodlands cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Woodlands
precededBy Weeden Island culture ⓘ
region Florida Gulf Coast ⓘ
religion southeastern ceremonial complex elements ⓘ
startTime circa 900 CE ⓘ
timePeriod Late Prehistoric period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tocobaga → partOf → Safety Harbor culture ⓘ
Safety Harbor culture → archaeologicalPhase → Safety Harbor phase ⓘ
linked to: Safety Harbor culture
Safety Harbor site → partOf → Safety Harbor culture ⓘ