![]() ![]() Florida had about twice the land area, its water table was much lower. Because of the enormous amount of water frozen in ice sheets during the last glacial period, sea level was at least 100 metres (330 ft) lower than now. įlorida's environment at the end of the Pleistocene was very different from that of today. ![]() Other important Paleoindian sites in Florida include Harney Flats in Hillsborough County, the Nalcrest site, and Silver Springs. A Bison antiquus skull with an embedded projectile point has been found in the Wacissa River. Human remains and artifacts have also been found in association with remains of Pleistocene animals at Devil's Den, Melbourne, Warm Mineral Springs, and the Cutler Fossil Site. Evidence that a giant tortoise was cooked in its shell at Little Salt Spring dates to between 12,000 and 13,500 years ago. Artifacts recovered at the Page-Ladson site date to 12,500 to 14,500 years ago. A carved bone depicting a mammoth found near the site of Vero man has been dated to 13,000 to 20,000 years ago. Human remains and/or artifacts have been found in association with the remains of Pleistocene animals at a number of Florida locations. ![]() The first people arrived in Florida before the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. Some Apalachees migrated to Louisiana, where their descendants now live some were taken to Cuba and Mexico by the Spanish in the 18th century, and a few may have been absorbed into the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes. However, the indigenous Floridians living east of the Apalachicola River had largely died out by the early 18th century. The indigenous peoples of Florida lived in what is now known as Florida for more than 12,000 years before the time of first contact with Europeans. ![]()
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