New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River

Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Victor D. Thompson

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University Press of Florida
01 July 2025

History of the Americas; Archaeology; Advertising; Antiques & collectables; Local history

Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

An in-depth study of a Woodland period archaeological site that was occupied for over 1,000 yearsThis volume explores how native peoples of the Southeastern United States cooperated to form large and permanent early villages using the site of Crystal River on Florida’s Gulf Coast as a case study.

Crystal River was once among the most celebrated sites of the Woodland period (ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1050), consisting of ten mounds and large numbers of diverse artifacts from the Hopewell culture. But a lack of research using contemporary methods at this site—and nearby Roberts Island—limited a full understanding of what these sites could tell scholars. Thomas Pluckhahn and Victor Thompson reanalyze previous excavations and conduct new field investigations to tell the whole story of Crystal River from its beginnings as a ceremonial center through its growth into a large village to its decline at the turn of the first millennium while Roberts Island and other nearby areas thrived.

Comparing this community to similar sites on the Gulf Coast and in other areas of the world, Pluckhahn and Thompson argue that Crystal River is an example of an “early village society.” They illustrate that these early villages present important evidence in a larger debate regarding the role of competition versus cooperation in the development of human societies.

A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

By: Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Victor D. Thompson
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781683405412
ISBN 10: 1683405412
Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 01 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas J. Pluckhahn, professor of anthropology at the University of South Florida, is the author of Kolomoki: Settlement, Ceremony, and Status in the Deep South, A.D. 350 to 750. Victor D. Thompson, professor of archaeology at the University of Georgia, is coeditor of The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies.

Reviews for New Histories of Village Life at Crystal River

“Provide[s] a valuable history of one of the most significant southeastern archaeological sites.”—H-Net“Stirring [and] innovative.”—Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology