By understanding the Natural History of the estuary and the Natural History of the organisms about live their archaeologists have been able to understand the pass of the people who first settled here i want hundred a. D. And there is no written record from the xhosa until the 1500 tossed. As far as we have they had no written language. For that first 1500 years of life, in order to understand the people and know about their culture and preserve their legacy, we excavate and what are known as maidens middens and the landscape features. Archaeologists have had 75 excavations in over 30 years to understand this place and these people. A midden means debris of life. So essentially garbage. Within the middens are indicator of environmental change and artifacts that were left high and. These are eastern oysters and these are crested oysters. Crested oysters exist in higher salinity waters. To get higher salinity at various points but also when there are prolonged periods of droubt. There are holes that indicate higher salinity waters. This is some of the clues or indicators to where people were going to collect food, particularly when they are in assemblage, in a mix with other species. The acre near by Detailed Analysis we began to understand the resilience of the people here and parts of their culture. We know they endured an extreme period of longterm cld. The abandoned the site around a three years. When they returned was when they began to use the middens and mounds and to be building massive structures as well as excavating a canal that took the right the route with what was likely to be a freshwater stream. It was 30 feet wide eight to 12 feet deep and went all the way across this island. As has for that kind of construction work is also as men mounds. Going as the 1600s, they established a posseusing. What do you cap the colusa away from the conflicts. With a myriad when they began, it set the stage for the people who became professionals and were equipped with guns and came to take south area elusive people as slaves. In the 16 90s there numbers had in reduced to about 2000 people. When they only had their basic tools and no guns. In 1711 then known as a group of 70 including 701 by ship to cuba. It is thought there were others who did not have spaces on the ship. Andahalf headlands out of their towns and 401 other neighbor native people flee into florida and there began to be an amalgam of cultures that founded it is possible that the listener does part of that is groups and there is a saying that to live the if youre still speaking of them they are not gone. You people shared the trailer and the red recent Research Chamber with the hope people had families here, they had the tear [indiscernible] when they leave here they will understand they were People Living in a place, living well, developing art and music and a spirituality, and there were times of conflict. If we can take lessons from that about how we relate to other people from around the world that is important and special and we do feel we can understand a bit more and they can look at our southwest or to environment and understand it the great deal more as well. Look at the People Places and events of native American History is part of the cspan cities tour. You can see more from the city tour at our website cspan. Org. Click on the series tab then click on cspan cities tour. More American History to her tour on native americans here on cspan. From 1656 to 1704, this was a Spanish Mission settlement. It was devoted to committing the local apalachee indians to christianity. Today it is a living history museum. Wiis, as send the state archaeology park. This is been a living history site that portrays appalachia from 15661704. The grounds, talked with knowledgeable interpreters about a world of spain and its effects on the appalachee and how that engages and informs a more spanish world. An emerging hispanic world. They landed with the idea to explore the coastline. He was looking to gather the riches. They were hoping for gold or other valuables they could take it. The aztec empire, the inca empire, the great silver mines of mexico, they thought north america must have some of those resources as well. By the time you get tallahassee, he thought he had missed his supply ship and they decided to build some crude ships