Calusa people

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Mound_Key_Archaeological_State_Park
gptkbp:artifactsFound gptkb:ritual
wood carvings
shell masks
gptkbp:burialPractice mound burials
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Mound_Key
gptkbp:conflict Spanish colonists
other Florida tribes
gptkbp:contactWith Spanish explorers
gptkbp:descendedFrom none known
gptkbp:diet gptkb:fish
gptkb:video_game
shellfish
wild plants
gptkbp:disappeared late 18th century
gptkbp:economy gptkb:gathering
fishing
limited agriculture
gptkbp:firstAppearance 1513
gptkbp:governingBody hereditary chief
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Calusa people
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Mississippian_culture
Caribbean cultures
gptkbp:knownFor complex society
fishing culture
shell mounds
estuarine adaptation
gptkbp:language gptkb:Calusa_language
gptkbp:lastRecorded 1763
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Southwest_Florida
gptkbp:notableLeader Carlos (Caalus)
gptkbp:population several thousand
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Mayaimi_people
gptkb:Tequesta_people
gptkbp:religion mythology
gptkbp:subject gptkb:missionary
slave raids
disease after European contact
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Ten_Thousand_Islands
gptkb:Estero_Bay
gptkb:Charlotte_Harbor
gptkb:Caloosahatchee_River
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:Tocobaga
gptkb:Ais_people
gptkb:Timucua
gptkbp:uses bone tools
shell tools
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Calusa_language
gptkb:Cayo_Costa
gptkb:Cayo_Costa,_Florida
gptkb:Mayaimi_people
gptkb:Mound_Key
gptkb:Caloosahatchee_people
gptkb:Pine_Island,_Florida
gptkb:Pine_Island,_Lee_County,_Florida
gptkb:Tequesta_people
gptkb:Cape_Sable
gptkb:Calusa_culture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7