CRYSTAL RIVER STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

CRYSTAL RIVER is the largest Indian site on the Florida Gulf Coast and was occupied for 1,600 years (200 B.C. to A.D. 1400) by Florida tribes. The site was started by Indians of the Deptford culture.

The fourteen acre site contains two large temple mounds, one located on the Crystal River. There are also two stelae - carved limestones used by the Indians during the Weedon Island period (c. 400-500 A.D.) for ceremonial purposes. The large Plaza (flat plain) where the individual dwellings were located are surrounded by high middens, collections of refuge, and three burial mounds.

USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO PLACE BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE IN THE SETTING.

Museum Sign You'll welcome!	Crystal River Trade Port	Weedon Island Artifacts	Burial Mound Guards Village
A Stele Ceremonial Stone	Limestone Made Mystery Usage	Temple Mount 30-feet high	Crystal River Toward the Gulf
80 X 30 foot Top Platform	Temple B 235-feet long	Second stele Built A.D. 400	The Plaza Village Location