When we think of the  Native American people who lived in Florida, we think of the Seminoles.  Few of us have ever heard of the Timucua.   That's probably because the Timucua people were slowly destroyed by diseases introduced by the Europeans who settled in Florida.

Read this article written by Professor Milanich of The Aucilla River Prehistory Project and this other article found on the Pelotes Island Nature Preserve pages. According to these two articles, what other factors led to the disappearance of the Timucua?

Write your answers in your notebook.

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