Abstract
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.'
Thesis Completion
2023
Semester
Fall
Thesis Chair/Advisor
Barber, Sarah
Degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
College
College of Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Degree Program
Anthropology
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Release Date
12-18-2023
Recommended Citation
Shenkman, Allyson, "Diet Change Over Time in the Ais Community of Cape Canaveral, Florida" (2023). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 1490.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/1490