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Layman, Sylvia M., April 1990 - AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LOCATION PREDICTIVE MODEL, MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND SITE INVENTORY FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Abstract: The intent of this project was to assist Volusia County, Florida, in developing a management tool for the conservation of significant cultural resources. One of the specific goals of the project was the creation of a county comprehensive archaeological site data base. The data base includes 25 previously unrecorded prehistoric and historic archaeological sites documented during the project, thereby bringing the total number of recorded archaeological sites in Volusia County to 284. The second project goal was the development of a site location predictive model. This model was conceived through the analysis of known archaeological sites and environmental factors that are known to covary with site location. Determining factors included distance to fresh water, availability of food sources (both meat and vegetation), soil association, and physiographic regions. In Volusia County an obvious bias exists in the location of recorded sites, with 97% of the known sites located in coastal areas or in the St. Johns River basin. Only eight of the known sites are located in the interior of the county, three of which the author recorded during the project. A source of the bias is a lack of development in the county's interior. As construction extends inland from the coast, there is a strong likelihood that the number of recorded interior sites will increase. The final goal of the project was the generation of an archaeological sensitivity map. This was derived from data collected during the site inventory, field work, and interviews. The focus of the project was centered on the prehistoric archaeological resources of Volusia County. While historic period archaeological sites were recorded and evaluated, historic period structures were not, unless they were found to be associated with known or suspected archaeological deposits.
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