J&J Hunt submerged archaeological site
Submerged Paleoindian–Archaic site in northwest Florida
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J&J Hunt submerged archaeological site
30.0198° N, -84.0080° E
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J&J Hunt Site (8JE740) is an inundated prehistoric archaeological site located 6 km off the coast of northwestern Florida. The site which was discovered in 1989 is located in 3.7 to 4.6 m of salt water in the Gulf of Mexico along the PaleoAucilla River. In prehistory the site had at least two different occupations: a Late Paleoindian-Early Archaic and Middle Archaic. The J&J Hunt site was a major focus of the PaleoAucilla Prehistory Project conducted by Michael K. Faught.
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Middle Archaic diagnostic points date range
c. 7,500–5,000 B.P.
Secondary melting and stabilization
after 10,000 B.P. to c. 7,000 B.P.
First peopling reference
at least 13,500–14,000 years ago
Massive melting and transgression
c. 14,000–11,000 B.P.
Site discovery
1989
PaleoAucilla field seasons
1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Late Glacial Maximum exposure
c. 18,000 years ago
Final occupation and inundation
c. 7,000 years ago (latest possible transgression c. 5,000 B.P.)
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