WHEELER PUMICE ARTIFACTS FROM THE MIAMI CIRCLE 205 eae erate aseg intestate eeremmnasnnneneenyerastutnseyrsnnsenvanevenernnuanae-ngnae collection of pumice produced by temporal distinct volcanic eruptions. Pumice may have been a traditional item collected by residents of the site, either because it was needed for manufacture of wood and bone artifacts, or because it was an important commodity in the regional exchange system. In terms of the regional distribution of pumice, sites with pumice artifacts are concentrated along Biscayne Bay and in the Everglades of Dade and Broward counties. Other examples are known from coastal sites stretching from Key West to the Cape Canaveral area in Brevard County. This distribution is consis- tent with studies of drift buoy tracks influenced by the Carib- bean and Gulf Stream currents. There also are, however, sites located around Lake Okeechobee and on the southwestern Gulf Coast that have examples of pumice. Considering the other exchange items found at the Miami Circle, including ground- stone axes, galena, and chipped stone artifacts, it seems likely that pumice was introduced into the regional exchange network. Pumice was probably valued as an abrasive by the peoples of southern Florida who had strong traditions of bone and wood carving. References Cited Austin, Robert J. 2004 = Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Miami Circle Excava- tions at Brickell Point. The Florida Anthropologist 57(1- 2):85-131. Bryan, W. B. 1972 Cummingtonite-Dacite Drift Pumice Stranded at West Palm Beach, Florida. Geological Society of America Bulletin 83(12):3745-3746. Carr, Robert S., and John Ricisak 2000 Preliminary Report on Salvage Archaeological Investiga- tions of the Brickell Point Site (8DA12), Including the Miami Circle. The Florida Anthropologist 53(4):260-284. Cushing, Frank Hamilton 1897 Exploration of Ancient Key Dwellers’ Remains on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 25(153). Dickel, David N. 1988 = Test Excavations at the Singer Island Site (8PB214), MacArthur Beach State Park, Palm Beach County, Florida. Florida Archaeological Reports No. 3. Bureau of Archaeological Research, Florida Division of Historical Resources, Tallahassee. Dixon, Jacqueline Eaby, Kyla Simons, Loretta Leist, Christopher Eck, John Ricisak, John Gifford, and Jeff Ryan 2000 Provenance of Stone Celts from the Miami Circle Archae- ological Site. The Florida Anthropologist 53(4):328-341. Donovan, Stephen K. 1999 — Pumice and Pseudoplankton: Geological and Paleontological Implications of an Example from the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 35(3-4):323- 324. . Dove, John 1745 _A Surprising Shoal of Pumice-Stones found Floating on the Sea. In Memoirs of the Royal Society; or a new abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions, 2™ ed., Vol. 8, pp. 318-319. Baddam’s, London. Ewen, Charles R., and John H. Hann 1998 Hernando De Soto among the Apalachee: The Archaeol- ogy of the First Winter Encampment. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Eyster, Irving R. 1986 Archaeological and Historical Site Survey of Proposed Village at Key West Resort. Prepared for Norman B. Wood and Bernie C. Papy, Jr., Key West. Fewkes, J. Walter 1928 Aboriginal Wooden Objects from Southern Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol. 80, No. 9. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Ffoulkes, Charles 1912 The Armourer and His Craft, from the XI to the XVIth Century. Methuen and Co., London. Gilliland, Marion S. 1975 The Material Culture of Key Marco, Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. Goggin, John M. n.d. Archeology of the Glades Area, Southern Florida (ca. 1949, with later additions). Typescript on file, P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History, University of Florida, Gainesville. 1950 Stratigraphic Tests in the Everglades National Park. American Antiquity 15(3):228-246, 1951 Archeological Notes on Lower Fisheating Creek. The Florida Anthropologist 4(3-4):50-66. Goggin, John M., and Frank H. Sommer III 1949 Excavations on Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida. Publica- tions in Anthropology No. 41. Yale University, New Haven. Griffin, John W. 1982 — Lithie Artifacts from the Granada Site. In Excavations at the Granada Site: Archaeology and History of the Granada Site, Vol. 1, by John W. Griffin, Sue B. Rich- ardson, Mary Pohl, Carl D. McMurray, C. Margaret Scarry, Suzanne K. Fish, Elizabeth 8. Wing, L. Jill Loucks, and Marcia K. Welch, pp. 65-70. Prepared for City of Miami by Florida Division of Archives, History and Records Management, Tallahassee. 1988 The Archeology of Everglades National Park: A Synthe- sis. Contract CX 5000-5-0049. Prepared for Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Tallahas- see. Guppy, H. B. 1917 Plants, Seeds, and Currents in the West Indies and Azores. Williams and Norgate, London. Hayward, Charles 1975 Staining and Polishing. Evans Brothers, London.