The Windover textiles alone would be sufficient to force a reconsideration of assumptions about Early Archaic technology.

Seven distinct weave patterns documented in 87 fragments of palm-fiber fabric represents a textile tradition of considerable sophistication and diversity.

This is not rudimentary technology; it is complex craft knowledge that requires both the understanding of the materials and the mastery of specific techniques that must be learned and practiced.

The implication for the interpretation of other Early Archaic sites — sites where the organic record is absent — is uncomfortable.

The standard picture of those sites, built from stone tools and charcoal, may be dramatically incomplete.