Pentoaya

Pentoaya (HM1KC1)

Location: Melbourne, FL 32935 Brevard County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 7.518', W 80° 37.488'

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The Ais Indian town of Pentoaya is thought to have been located atop the arc-shaped sand bluffs that surround the western edge of what is now Ballard Park. Pentoaya was an important prehistoric Indian settlement on the east coast of Florida, and was one of ten towns recorded on Alvaro Mexia's 1605 map of Indian habitation sites. The segment of the Indian River Lagoon that stretches from this site to Floridana Beach was once called Pentoaya Lagoon. Like many Ais villages located along the Indian River Lagoon, the wintertime location of Pentoaya was along a barrier island near present-day Gleason Park in Indian Harbor Beach, while this site probably served as Pentoaya's primary location during the rest of the year. Artifacts found here date from as early as 2000 BC to as late as AD 1700, and range from fiber-tempered Orange pottery to more recent Malabar II check-stamped pottery. Pentoaya's location where the Eau Gallie and Indian rivers meet would have contributed to its economic and political importance among the Ais and their ancestors. The main settlement of the Ais Indians — their paramount village — was located at the Kroegel homestead, just south of the city of Sebastian in Indian River County.
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HM NumberHM1KC1
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Marker NumberF-800
Year Placed2013
Placed ByThe Brevard County Historical Commission, The Brevard County Tourist Development Council and The Florida Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, May 4th, 2015 at 2:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 536847 N 3111139
Decimal Degrees28.12530000, -80.62480000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 7.518', W 80° 37.488'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 7' 31.08" N, 80° 37' 29.28" W
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Area Code(s)321
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1009-1079 Thomas Barbour Dr, Melbourne FL 32935, US
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