Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Brown, Clifford T.
Abstract
The prehistoric Belle Glade Culture, dwelling around Lake Okeechobee in interior Florida, is one of the most understudied cultures in North America. The purpose of this study is to define population characteristics about this culture through skeletal analysis of the collected remains from the type site for the culture, Belle Glade Mound (8PB41). To address the confounding factors of fragmentation and commingling, recently developed methods, statistical analyses, and specially designed software for such analyses of confounded collections were used in undertaking this study. A biological profile was developed that includes age-at-death estimations, sex estimations, stature estimations, and ancestral estimations in order to create a paleodemographic summary that more adequately describes this unknown population.
Extent
78 p.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Catherine, "Defining population characteristics of the Belle Glade culture: skeletal biology of Belle Glade mound (8PB41)" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1197.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1197
Identifier
FA00004467
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.