Determining Seasonality at the Penny Site

This document is a student report presenting evidence for the hypothesis that the Penny Site (8BR158) was a seasonal hunter-gatherer site for the Ais Indigenous tribe who lived on Cape Canaveral

Diet Change Over Time in the Ais Community of Cape Canaveral, Florida

Diet change over time is assessed for a Malabar II period (900 C.E. to 1565 C.E.) Ais indigenous community in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the Penny Plot site (8BR158). To this end, 7,760 faunal fragments were examined, with 1,876 identified at the species, genus, or family level. Through identification and analysis of faunal remains, it can be concluded that, while the amounts of overall remains left behind as a whole increased, there were no significant changes in the types of fauna utilized or patterns of consumption. This suggests that the indigenous people who occupied this site managed their resources very effectively for a long period of time and likely passed on management strategies through generations to allow for plentiful food for years. This area of Florida has received little serious attention from scholars in the past, and through studying sites such as the Penny Plot site we are starting to paint a picture of precontact and colonial era Indigenous life in coastal Central Florida. Thus, we are better educating ourselves about the people who came first to Florida and their complex relationship with their surrounding environment, paralleling that of modern Floridians.\u2

Field Drawing of Profile of Features E2 and E3 From Unit E From Penny (8BR158)

This document is a field map drawing of the profile of features E2 and E3 from Unit E. It is a scan of original paper documents generated in the field

Shovel Test Pit Paperwork of Transect 16 From Penny (8BR158)

This document contains the field notes taken during phase 1 survey for transect 16 shovel test pits

Shovel Test Pit Paperwork of Transect 20 From Penny (8BR158)

This document contains the field notes taken during phase 1 survey for transect 20 shovel test pits

Excavation Paperwork of Unit A Levels 10-12 From Penny (8BR158)

This document contains the field notes taken during the excavation of Test Unit A, levels 10-12. It is a scan of original paper documents generated in the field

Feature Paperwork of Features E1-E7 From Penny (8BR158)

This document contains the field notes taken during excavation of Test Unit E, pertaining to features E1 through E7. It is a scan of original paper documents generated in the field

Excavation Paperwork of Unit E Levels 1-12 From Penny (8BR158)

This document contains the field notes taken during the excavation of Test Unit E, levels 1-12. It is a scan of original paper documents generated in the field