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Mount Taylor (Florida)

Pre-ceramic archaeological site, Florida (Mount Taylor period)

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Mount Taylor (8VO19)is an archaeological site near DeBary, Florida. It is the eponym for the Mount Taylor period, a pre-ceramic archaeological culture that flourished in the middle and upper St. Johns River valley and, to a lesser extent, along the middle and upper Atlantic Coast of Florida, from about 6,000 years Before Present (BP) to about 4,000 years BP (4000 BCE to 2000 BCE). On October 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
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Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
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Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Mount Taylor period timeframe

c. 6,000–4,000 BP (c. 4000–2000 BCE)

National Register listing

1997-10-08

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United States

Coordinates

28.88° N, -81.31° E