Key Marco
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Key Marco was an archaeological site consisting of a large shell works island next to Marco Island, Florida. A small pond on Key Marco, now known as the "Court of the Pile Dwellers", was excavated in
Water color painting by Wells Moses Sawyer of a carved and painted mask excavated from the "Court of the Pile Dwellers"
Pepper–Hearst expedition
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The Pepper–Hearst expedition of 1895–1897 on the west coast of Florida was sponsored by Dr. William Pepper and philanthropist Phoebe Hearst, and led by the anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing. The p
Key Marco
…Island, Florida. A small pond on Key Marco, now known as the "Court of the Pile Dwellers" (8CR49), was excavated in 1896 by the Smithsonian Institution's Pepper-Hearst Expedition, led by Frank Hamilton Cushing. Cushing recovered more than 1,000 wooden artifacts from the pond, the largest number of wooden artifacts from any…
William Pepper
Frank Hamilton Cushing