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Isolation Key is located off the coast of Crystal River Florida in the Gulf. It has an Indian Mound on the north point. It is one of the pre-Columbian, Native American sites near the Crystal River Archeological State Park which has burial mounds, temple/platform mounds, a plaza area and a substantial midden.

The six-mound complex is one of the longest continuously occupied sites in Florida. For 1,600 years the site served as an imposing ceremonial center for Native Americans. People traveled to the complex from great distances to bury their dead and conduct trade. It is estimated that as many as 7,500 Native Americans may have visited the complex every year.

Native Americans who lived here until about 500 years ago built the ceremonial mound complex at Crystal River. It was settled about 2,500 years ago when the river system and local marine estuary had matured and could provide enough food to sustain a large sedentary population.

Throughout the site's occupation, social complexities and ceremonialism changed as populations increased. Although ideas and technologies from other areas filtered in and were adopted, these coastal dwellers retained much of their own cultural identity. Archaeological evidence shows the influence of at least three cultural periods at the Crystal River Archeological State Park site.
View house boat on the island here.