TimucuaThe Timucua were a Native American people who thrived for centuries in the southeastern portion of what is now the US. In this study, Jerald T. Milanich uses information from archaeological excavations and historical documents to uncover details of the Timucua group's existence and eventual extinction. The Timucua were among the first Native Americans to come in contact with Europeans when the Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon landed on the Florida coast in 1513. Two hundred and fifty years after the explorer's voyage the Timucua had disappeared, extinguished by the ravages of colonialism. Thousands of archaeological sites, village middens, and sand and shell mounds still dot the landscape, however, offering mute testimony to the former presence of this people and their ancestors. |
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Acuera Alachua Alachua culture alliances Altamaha River Apalachee Indians archaeological archaeologists Archaic army Aucilla Aucilla River bones burials camino real ceramic ceremonies Chief Utina chiefdoms chiefly officials coastal colonial period colonists corn council house County culture dialects early eastern epidemics excavated Father Pareja feet Figure fish Fort Caroline Franciscan friars French Georgia Guale Hernando de Soto interred La Florida labor Lake George land language living located Menéndez mission period mission provinces mission villagers Mocama modern mound Narváez native groups northern Florida northern Utina Ocale Paleoindians Paynes Prairie Pedro plants population Potano pottery probably raids rituals sailed Santa Elena Santa Fe River Saturiwa settlement seventeenth century shaman shell ships Soto expedition southeast southern Georgia Spaniards St Augustine St Johns River Suwannee Valley Tampa Bay Timu Timucua Indians Timucua language Timucua-speakers Timucuan chiefs Timucuan missions Timucuan region town Uzachile village chiefs western Timucuan groups Yamasee Yustaga