Historical Reports
Historical Reports
Florida Historical Contexts
Florida Historical Contexts was written by various authors under a project directed by Jerald T. Milanich in 1990. Illustrations were added later and some text sections have been updated by the staff of the Division of Historical Resources.Florida Historical Contexts is a multimedia presentation on the history of aboriginal Florida. From the Paleoindian Period until the Caloosahatchee Region, the Florida Division of Historical Resources hopes to give you a glimpse of what Early Florida was like. Use the following links to take an educational journey back into time.
The following files and reports of the Florida Historical Contexts
Series have been made accessible for download as Microsoft Word 
or
Adobe pdf format. 
Part I:
Introduction
References Cited
(ca. 13,000 B.C. to 7,900 B.C.)
The Archaic Period
(ca.
8000 B.C. - 1000 B.C.)
Early Archaic
(8000 B.C. to 6000 B.C.)
Middle Archaic
(6000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.)
Late Archaic
(3000 B.C. to 1000 B.C.)
( 2500 BP to AD 1000 )
(ca. 2000 B.C. - A.D. 1000) North Florida
( 2500 BP - AD 1700 )
Chapter
5: North Florida
( 2500 BP - AD 1702 )
Chapter 6: North
- Central Florida
( 3200 BP - AD 1565 )
Chapter 7: East
and Central Florida
( 2500 BP - AD 1600 )
Chapter 8: North
Peninsular Gulf Coast
( 2500 BC - AD 800)
Chapter 9: Central Peninsular Gulf Coast:
the
Manasota Region
Chapter
10: The Caloosahatchee Region
For further information, write or call:
Division of Historical Resources
500 S. Bronough St.
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
(850) 245-6444
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