A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home. Crystal River Archaeological State Park. , Midden Area , In this area more than a thousand years ago, people built their homes, raised their families, made tools, and prepared meals. All this human activity created a midden, or built-up area made of the bits and pieces of their everyday lives. , , What’s for Dinner , The mounds and midden around you are made up of mostly oyster shell, indicating that oyster was a major food source and building material for the people who lived in Crystal River. People here also relied on hundreds of different species of plants, fish, reptiles, and mammals for their meals. How many different sorts of plants and animals do you think the average person eats today? , (captions) , Modern replica of a shell hammer , Drilled Bear Teeth , Bone Bead , Bone Needle , Gopher Tortoise Bone , Carved Shell Pendant , Shell Hammer , Drilled Shark Teeth , Wild Turkey Bone , Dog Jaw Bone , Bone bead, bear teeth, dog jaw bone, and shark teeth shown at double actual size, all others are to scale.