Florida's First People: 12,000 Years of Human History - Paperback

by Robin C. Brown (Author)

This comprehensive look at the first humans in Florida combines contemporary archaeology, the writings of early European explorers, and experiments to present a vivid history of the state's original inhabitants. Includes a photographic atlas of projectile points and pottery types as well as typical plant and animal remains uncovered at Florida archaeological sites.

The author replicated many primitive technologies during the writing of this book. He fashioned a prehistoric tool kit from stone, wood, bone, and shell, then used the implements to carve wood, twist palm fiber into twine and rope, make and decorate pottery, and weave fabric. The book shows detailed photos of these processes.

16-page color insert, 360 b&w photos, 159 line drawings

Author Biography

Robin Brown has a B.S. in zoology and an M.D. from Tulane University. He practiced medicine in Fort Myers, Florida,"for 36 years."An avid student of Florida's fossil past since childhood, he has hunted fossils from the Panhandle to the Keys with his family. He is also the author of Florida's Fossils and The Crafts of Florida's First People.