Pompano Beach in Broward County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Pompano Beach Indian Mound

Photographed by Jay Kravetz, October 28, 2016

1. Pompano Beach Indian Mound Marker

Inscription. Side One:
The Pompano Beach Indian Mound is a prehistoric sand burial mound that was used by the Tequesta tribe and their ancestors for burial of their dead. Located nearby was their associated village and midden dating as far back as AD 500. Artifacts recovered from the site are associated with the Glades pre-Columbian cultural period (ca. AD 500 to 1513), with evidence that the site was occupied as late as 1763. The Tequesta were significant for their role in shaping and controlling other tribes within the Everglades and for the construction of extensive canal systems. They were experienced woodworkers as evidenced by their dugout canoes. They gathered an abundant supply of fruits, hunted wildlife and fish, and sometimes traveled great distances in their dugout canoes in search of large marine animals including sharks and right whales. The Tequesta lived in villages that were typically marked by kitchen middens that contained the discarded remains of shellfish, bones, ashes, and broken pottery. These middens were accessible by water and usually located near the mouth of a river or on an island. (Continued on other

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side) Side Two: (Continued from other side) Spanish accounts from the sixteenth century describe the Tequesta as a powerful Florida tribe, whose main village was located along the shore of Biscayne Bay, near the mouth of the Miami River, in Miami-Dade County. The Tequesta were one of the first indigenous groups encountered by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon during his first voyage to Florida in 1513. In the 1560s, the Spanish established a fort and mission among the Tequesta and took the brother of the principal Tequesta chief to Spain. He returned to Florida and helped mediate relations between the Spanish and Indians. The Pompano Beach Mound has been of interest to archeologists for over 85 years. Excavations at this site have yielded pottery, ceramics, carved bone, shell and wood tools and human remains. In 1926, the City of Pompano Beach created a park to protect the Indian Mound and its contents. The mound was placed on the Pompano Beach Local Register of Historic Places in 2010 and the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It was recognized as a Florida Heritage Landmark in 2014.

A Florida Heritage Site

Erected 2014

Pompano Beach Indian Mound Marker (side 2) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jay Kravetz, October 27, 2016

2. Pompano Beach Indian Mound Marker (side 2)

by The City of Pompano Beach, Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-849.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical year for this entry is 500 CE.

Location. 26° 13.31′ N, 80° 5.561′ W. Marker is in Pompano Beach, Florida, in Broward County. It is on Hibiscus Avenue 0.1 miles west of State Road A1A, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1232 Hibiscus Avenue, Pompano Beach FL 33062, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Florida,

on the Gold Coast,

and in Greater Miami.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least

Photographed by Jay Kravetz, October 27, 2016

3. Pompano Beach Indian Mound Marker

8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Indian Mound Park (within shouting distance of this marker); SS Copenhagen (approx. 1.2 miles away); Silver Thatch Mounted Beach Patrol (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Pompano Colored School (approx. 2.7 miles away); The Barefoot Mailman (approx. 2.7 miles away); Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse (approx. 2.7 miles away); A History of Hillsboro Inlet Park (approx. 2.7 miles away); Hillsboro Inlet Light Station (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pompano Beach.

More about this marker. The marker is in Indian Mound Park

Indian Mound Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jay Kravetz, October 27, 2016

4. Indian Mound Park

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2017. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2016, by Jay Kravetz of West Palm Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,178 times since then and 103 times this year. Last updated on December 11, 2016, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 4, 2016, by Jay Kravetz of West Palm Beach, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.