A fundamental work on the peopling of the Americas
This volume, originally published in 1922, constitutes the most complete summary of anthropological information on Florida up until that point. Not only does it consider all previous research on Florida archaeology, physical anthropology, and aboriginal history, it also contains Hrdlicka’s analysis of every human bone from Florida that he could find in collections. He made remarkably accurate observations about the general physical types of prehistoric Florida Indians and how they compared to native peoples of surrounding regions.
INDIAN REMAINS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF FLORIDAThe Ten Thousand Islands RegionIndian Remains from Fort Myers to Key MarcoPunta RasaEstero KeysNaplesGordon PassWeeks PlaceKey MarcoCaximbasHorr's IslandGoodland PointCape RomaineAddison's PlaceKey Marco SouthwardWhitney RiverButtonwood KeyShell KeyDismal KeyPumpkin KeyGomez KeyFakahatchee, Thompson Place, Ellis PlaceFerguson RiverAliens RiverChokaloskee IslandTurner's RiverBarnes RiverNew RiverChatham BendMiller's PointChevalier PlaceGopher KeyLossman's River and KeyRoyal Palm HammockLossman's River to the Southern Extremity of the PeninsulaGeneral ImpressionsFort Myers to Lake Okechobee and East CoastThe SeminolesANTHROPOLOGY OF FLORIDAPeopling and Tribes of FloridaNumbers, AntiquityPhysical Characteristics of the Floridians in RecordsPhysical Anthropology, Former ContributionsNEW OBSERVATIONSDeformationMassivenessDiseaseUnity of TypeThe SkullDescriptive FeaturesMeasurementsFacial ProportionsComparativeThe Long BonesStatureThe HumerusRadiusFemurTibiaSummaryDetailed MeasurementsIndex
Aleš Hrdlicka, M.D., (1869–1943) was a physical anthropologist and founder of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and he was its editor from 1918 until 1942.
Jeffrey M. Mitchem is a research archaeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey who edited and introduced both The West and Central Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore and The East Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore.
“Perhaps Hrdlicka’s most important contribution was that he provided the first systematic population estimate of south Florida based on the number of sites and the amount of labor required for their construction. These techniques of population estimation are still used today by archaeologists.” —Randolph J. Widmer, University of Houston