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11111110 C-] • NPS Form 104?00-a oMn Appmval No. 1024 -Ml cel United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number —14_ Wage _1_. South Hole Midden VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCWTION The boundary of that portion of the South Hole Midden site that lies on the secondary dune is conspicuous due the abrupt 3-5 foot rise above the interdune trough to the east, and the low, level barrier island/back dune flats to the south and southwest, and the estuary edge to the north and northwest. The toe of the secondary dune and midden is accentuated on the south and west by a shallow drainage ditch that once bordered citrus groves in the flats. The roadcuts of US A]A and Jungle Trail, and other surface exposures reveal the dense shell and black organic soil of the midden. BOUNDARY JUSTIFICATION That portion of the boundary of the south Hole .Midden site that is coinsidant with the toe of the secondary dune and contains the densest midden materials is well defined. However, it is more difficult to define shallower shell and artifact scatter within the barrier islandlback dune fiats to the south and the interdune slough to the east and northeast. These areas may represent what has been defined elsewhere as a shell field, or an extension of the habitation area on the periphery of the main midden. The shell field in these areas appears to extend beyond the publicly owned land, and it is clear that more testing is required to determine these boundaries. Similarly difficult to define at present is the boundary line to the north and northwest as the midden shell field grades into natural estuary shell deposits.