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Butcherpen Mound
Butcherpen Mound is located in Florida
Butcherpen Mound
Location within Florida today
30°21′58.21″N 87°9′16.06″W / 30.3661694°N 87.1544611°W / 30.3661694; -87.1544611
CulturesWeeden Island culture
LocationGulf Breeze, Florida, Santa Rosa County, Florida,  USA
RegionSanta Rosa County, Florida
Butcherpen Mound
MPSArcheological Properties of the Naval Live Oaks Reservation MPS
NRHP reference No.98001165
Added to NRHP28 September 1998[1]

The Butcherpen Mound (8SR29) is a prehistoric archaeological site associated with the Weeden Island culture,[2] located near Gulf Breeze, in the U.S. state of Florida. Carbon dating at the site has dated it to roughly 1005 CE.[3] On September 28, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System – Butcherpen Mound (#98001165)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Doran, Glen H. (1984). "Proton induced x-ray emission analysis of prehistoric Florida ceramics". The Florida Anthropologist. 37 (3). Florida Anthropological Society: 117.
  3. ↑ Stipp, JJ; Knauer, GA; Goodell, HG (1966). "Florida State University radiocarbon dates". Radiocarbon. 8. Florida State University: 52 – via journals.uair.arizona.edu.
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