Coastal Weeden Island subsistence economy and occupation: a zooarchaeological analysis of Strange's Ring Midden (8by1355), Bay County, Florida

Subsistence economy, occupation, and seasonality of sites have been major research trajectories for many coastal southeastern sites. A unit was excavated at Stranges Ring Midden (8By1355) in Bay County, Florida in order to further investigate these subjects. The site is part of a Weeden Island village complex located on an expansive estuarine bay system. Most village sites in this area and time period seem to be year-round occupations with mixed resource acquisition strategies. The zooarchaeological remains recovered from the excavation show that the occupants of the site practiced a mixed subsistence strategy with an emphasis on resource location instead of resource type. Occupation of the Stranges site during this period isat least multi-seasonal if not year-round.