Stratigraphy and sedimentation

Abstract

Winding, sinking, and reappearing, the Aucilla River flows southwestward from southern Georgia into the Florida Panhandle and on to the Gulf of Mexico. The placid beauty of this dark-colored river masks a rich and varied geological, paleontological, and archeological history. Excavations conducted from 1983 to 1997 at the Page-Ladson archeological site (8JE591) in the Aucilla River in Jefferson County, Florida, by researchers and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida Department of State, reveal new and detailed information about patterns of Late Pleistocene floral, faunal, and climatic change and how humans interacted with their changing environment. This chapter details the geomorphologic and geologic settings, the local environment, and the stratigraphic framework of the Page-Ladson Site.