Fort Center

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Fort Center is an important archaeological site in south-central Florida known for its early earthworks, mounds, and ceremonial features associated with the Belle Glade culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Center canonical 1
Fort Center I phase 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Belle Glade culture ⓘ
authorOfMainReport William H. Sears ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culture Belle Glade culture ⓘ
earliestOccupation late Archaic period ⓘ
excavatedBy William H. Sears ⓘ
excavationEndDate 1971 ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1966 ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPhase Fort Center I phase ⓘ
linked to: Fort Center

Fort Center II phase ⓘ
Fort Center III phase ⓘ
Fort Center IV phase ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf long-term habitation ⓘ
maize pollen ⓘ
mortuary practices ⓘ
ritual feasting ⓘ
water management features ⓘ
wooden structures ⓘ
hasFeature ceremonial features ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
mounds ⓘ
hasStructure linear embankments ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
pond excavations ⓘ
interpretedAs ceremonial center ⓘ
regional ritual focus ⓘ
knownFor burial mounds ⓘ
ceremonial complex ⓘ
circular ditches ⓘ
early maize cultivation evidence in Florida ⓘ
latestMajorOccupation Mississippian-related times ⓘ
locatedIn Glades County, Florida ⓘ
Lake Okeechobee drainage basin ⓘ
south-central Florida ⓘ
locatedNear Fisheating Creek ⓘ
managedBy Florida Department of Environmental Protection ⓘ
partOf Belle Glade archaeological region ⓘ
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area ⓘ
period Archaic period ⓘ
Woodland period ⓘ
referencedIn Fort Center: An Archaeological Site in the Lake Okeechobee Basin ⓘ
linked to: Belle Glade culture
region Okeechobee Basin ⓘ
significance important for study of early agriculture in the southeastern United States ⓘ
key site for understanding Belle Glade culture chronology ⓘ
major ceremonial center in prehistoric south Florida ⓘ
timeDepth approximately 4500 years of occupation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Belle Glade culture → hasSite → Fort Center ⓘ
Fort Center → hasArchaeologicalPhase → Fort Center I phase ⓘ
linked to: Fort Center