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The Plaza, Crystal River Archaeological SP, Crystal River, FL
The Plaza, Crystal River Archaeological SP, Crystal River, FL

**Crystal River Indian Mounds** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 70000178, date listed 9/29/1970

2 mi. NW of Crystal River on U.S. 19-98

Crystal River, FL (Citrus County)

A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...).

The Crystal River Site, Iocated in Citrus County, Florida, is a complex ceremonial center and burial site consisting of ten tenple, burial, shell, and sand mounds. Occupation at the site occurred during the Deptford, Weeden Island, and Safety Harbor prehistoric periods.

The Crystal River Site appears to have been occupied for over a thousand years. Beginning in the Deptford Period (500 BC - AD 200) band level societies appear to have constructed the basal portion of Mound B and the burial complex of Mounds C-F. Deptford society appears to have existed at a relatively simple level of social organization made up of families or bands of related families who lived in small, seasonally-shifting settlements.

It was not until the work conducted at the Crystal River Site in 1903 by Clarence B. Moore, however, that it was determined how extensive were the prehistoric remains at the site. (1)

The plaza formed by the second temple mound ahead and the second burial mound to the west. The people stood there to watch ceremonies held on the temple mound. (from local signage)

References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...

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