Fort Walton Culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished near Ft. Walton Beach, Florida in the Southeastern United States from approximately 1100~1550 AD. This culture appeared to come about due to contact with the major Mississippian centers to the north and west. It was the most complex in northwest Florida region. The Fort Walton peoples put in to practice mound building, intensive agriculture, made pottery in a variety of vessel shapes and had a hierarchial settlement patterns that reflected other Mississippian societies. This article is about mound-building birds. ... Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... Fort Walton Beach is a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... August 5 - Henry I becomes King of England. ... Events February 7 - Julius III becomes Pope. ... The Mississippian culture was a mound-building Native American culture that flourished in the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 900 to 1500 CE, varying regionally. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... A hierarchy (in Greek: , derived from — hieros, sacred, and — arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element. ...

The Lake Jackson site was the largest known ceremonial center of the Fort Walton culture, however, has its own designation as The Leon-Jefferson Culture due to both Apalachee Fort Walton and Lamar Creek (Eastern Georgian) ceramic traditions. It appears that the Lamar Creek people moved south and assimilated with the Apalachee. Lake Jackson Mounds State Archaeological Site is one of Floridas State Parks. ...

The northwest Florida Region also encompasses the Letchworth Mounds of Jefferson County as well as Tallahassee's Lake Jackson mound. It is generally defined as encompassing the Florida Panhandle east from the Chipola River to the Aucilla River. Frequently, there are cultural differences between the inland groups who relied on the inland resources of what are now Leon and Jefferson counties and those who utilized coastal resources. Letchworth Mounds is one of Floridas State Parks. ... The Chipola River is a tributary of the Apalachicola River in Florida. ... The Aucilla River arises close to Thomasville, Georgia and passes through the Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. ... Leon County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. ...

Sources:

• Matthew E. Keith, Department of Anthropolgy, Florida State University
• Woodville Karst Plain Project