Ancient Florida Floodplain Mound with Wild Florida Adventures

On this trip, we trekked along the St. John's River floodplain and visited a few Native American sites. This vast area once had a large thriving population of Native Americans, likely of the Ais tribe or in association to. These mound sites have varied geometric patterns. Some are oblong and oval. Some have a nearly perfect 360 circle. Some are box-shaped and some are shell ring-type mound formations. One has to wonder about the significance of such geometric shapes. The Floridians like many Ancient cultures were dependent on keeping track of the seasons through astronomical alignments of the stars and planets. They had to know when to sow and to reap and when it was time to prepare for winter. They surely kept track of the winter and summer solstice. Their ritual beliefs were likely influenced and centered around these astrological events.