248 THE FLORIDA ANTHROPOLOGIST 2006 VoL. 59(3-4) cemeteries (Carr et al. 1984). The remains of at least four individuals were recovered from the Atlantis/Brickell Bluff site (8DA1082). The site had been disturbed previously, but salvage excavations in the late 1970s uncovered black earth midden with shell, faunal bone, and ceramics. Secondary burials were placed in sink holes with shell implements. The burials probably represent various periods of interment between 4000-500 B.P., and are therefore partially contemporaneous with the Miami Circle site. The remains of six individuals were recovered from the Santa Maria site. Five of them were located within a solution hole 50-100 cm below the surface. As in many southern Florida sites, these burials display a variety of mortuary patterns (Goggin n.d.). Unlike other sites, these burials were placed within natural solution holes and they were covered by a pile of rocks. When the dental dimensions of the Santa Maria teeth and the Brickell Point (8DA12) teeth are compared, the Brickell teeth are much larger. This result is not surprising considering that Carr and colleagues reported that the Santa Maria dental assemblage is smaller than other prehistoric Indians in peninsular Florida (Carr et al. 1984). Whether or not this dimensional difference implies a distant relationship between the two populations is a subject for future research. SDA] ~ MDM Parcel D Cemetery Component In 2004 to 2006, archaeological investigations conducted by the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, Inc. and New South Associates of the MDM Parcel D uncovered ossuaries located in four discrete solution hole features (Figure 2, in 8DA11). Most burials were secondary and a few were primary. This is the largest Tequesta mortuary site ever documented in southern Florida, and probably served as the principal cemetery for the large prehistoric settlement of Tequesta (8DA11) on the north bank of the Miami River. Widmer (2004) proposed that the main habitation site of the Tequesta moved from 8DA12 to 8DA11 some time after A.D. 500, although the graves may be much older. Analysis of the human remains from the MDM cemetery is ongoing, but a cursory assessment indicates that all genders and ages are represented. The Granada site component, a large black earth midden located about 400 meters to the southwest of Parcel D, was excavated in 1977-78, and yielded no prehistoric graves (Griffin et al. 1982). Conclusions Despite the widespread excavations at the Miami Circle at Brickell Point site (83DA12) and the extensive assemblage of artifacts uncovered, only 25 out of more than 142,773 artifacts and objects (0.0002%) were human bone. In contrast, at Brickell Park, there were about 100 elements recovered from 164 square feet, or a ratio of 1 per 1.64 feet, compared to 1 per 100 square feet at 8DA12 (Carr et al. 2001). These figures, along with the evidence that a burial mound, Miami Sand Mound #4 (8DA13), and burials in solution holes existed in the Brickell Park area, make it evident that the Miami Circle site (8DA12) was not used as a cemetery. Further, there is no evidence that this site was used for any mortuary practices. Based on available data, the Brickell Park area and possibly the new component of 8DA11 contain the remnants ofthe mortuary correlate to this site. Acknowledgments Several institutions made this work possible. We would like to thank the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, Inc. for granting access to the materials and giving us the time to analyze them. 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