Coquina Queries - Archaeology Activity Guide for Northeast Florida
Unit 6
sugarcane and sugar
mills
in early florida
Students learn about coquina sugar mills and sugar growing in early Florida.
academic outcomes/lesson objectives:
Students read selections introducing them to coquina sugar mills and the process of
making sugarcane.
Resources:
Baker, Henry. “Fifteen Years on Bulow Creek: Glimpses of Bulowville.” The Florida Anthropologist, Vol 52, No.1-2, (March-June 1999).
“Bongoland / Dunlawton Plantation Ruins.” 18 February 2008.
<http://www.geocities.com/floridaeveryoneforgot/bongoland.htm>.
Florida Public Archaeology Network. 28 February 2008 <http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org>.
Macinnis, Peter. Bittersweet: The Story of Sugar. Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2002.
Rivers, Larry Eugene. Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2000.
Sitterson, Carlyle. Sugar Country: The Cane Sugar Industry in the South 1753-1958. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1953.
“The Plantation Ruins of Northeast Florida.” Daytona Beach: Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida, 2005.
Author:
Kelley Weitzel, http://www.KelleyWeitzel.com
Student Articles & Activities:
1. A Quick History of Sugar
2. How is sugarcane made into sugar?
3. How does a sugar mill work?
4. ACTIVITY: Where can you find plantations with coquina buildings?
5. The Cruger-DePeyster Sugar Mill and Plantation
6. The Dunlawton Sugar Mill and Plantation
7. The Bulow Sugar Mill and Plantation
Vocabulary:
Bamboo, Clarify, Coquina, Crystals, Fibers, Hogshead, Impurities, Ladle, Militia, Mill, Molasses,
Ruins, Scum, Slaked Lime, Steam, Sugarcane, Syrup