A FASCINATING DISCOVERY OF THE LOST INDIGENOUS NORTHEAST, FLORIDA COMMUNITY OF SARAH BAY
HAS
BEEN UNCOVERED. IT IS A
SETTLEMENT MENTIONED IN BOTH
FRENCH AND
SPANISH DOCUMENTS DATING ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THE 1560’S.
AND IT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN
FOR CENTURIES UNTIL NOW BY THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA
ARCHEOLOGY TEAM. JOINING US
THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT THIS
DIG AND TO SHOW US A LITTLE BIT
OF WHAT THEY FOUND DOCTOR KEITH
ASKED ASHLEY
WITH THE ARCHEOLOGY LAB THERE
ON A U N S
CAMPUS AND I MEAN THIS IS A
COOL THING FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO
BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE I MEAN
THIS ISN’T GO TO THIS LAB,
WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME
ARTIFACTS THIS IS GO INTO
THE WOODS WE’RE GOING TO
ACTUALLY FIND PIECES OF HISTORY
EXACTLY SO THEY’RE ACTUALLY BE
ABLE TO TOUCH THE PAST THEY
READ ABOUT IN BOOKS BUT CAN
THIS REALLY GIVES HIM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET
OUT THERE.
>> AND TO WORK WITH ARCHEOLOGY
ALL RIGHT SO SARAH BAY.
>> WHAT WAS IT AND WHERE IS
IT NOW.
IT NOW. >> WE KNOW ABOUT FROM THE THE SPANISH AND FRENCH MENTIONED
JUST IN PASSING. BUT
THEY MENTIONED THAT AND I
MENTION WHERE IT IS IN GENERAL,
SO WE KNOW IT’S ON AN ISLAND
CALLED
SARAH BAY AND SO NOW WE KNOW
THAT THAT ISLAND IS BIG TALBOT
ISLAND. SO NOW WE’VE ACTUALLY
FOUND ITS LOCATION ON THE
ISLAND.
>> OKAY, SO BIG TALBOT ISLAND
THAT THAT’S TOWARD AMELIA
ISLAND. BUT IT’S ON THE DUVAL
COUNTY SIDE. THIS IS STATE
PROTECTED
LAND RIGHT. AND YOU ALL WERE
ABLE TO TO GO IN HERE
AND FIND SO MANY ARTIFACTS,
INCLUDING WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT
HERE SO WE’RE GOING TO DO A
SHOW AND TELL BY THE WAY HE
TOLD ME
THAT I HE TOLD ME WHAT I CAN
TOUCH WHAT I CAN’T BECAUSE SOME
THINGS ARE REALLY 30. SOME ARE
BRITTLE SO
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MORE
INTERESTING PIECES THAT YOU’RE
ABLE TO FIND SO WHAT WE HAVE
JUST SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS THE
NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY THAT
THEY MADE AT THE TIME THAT THE
EUROPEANS ARRIVES WITH THESE
DIFFERENT STYLES HERE WE CALL
THIS
SAN MARCOS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: BUT THIS IS
MADE BETWEEN YOU HAVE 1580 1620
WE HAVE ANOTHER TYPE HERE WHERE
HAS A
REAL DECORATIVE RIM FORMER
THEY’RE TAKING SOME TO THE
HOLLOW TO OR BONE.
AND THEY’RE IMPRESSING AND
MAKING THESE REALLY NICE
DESIGNS SOS MORE THAN JUST YOU
KNOW BEING ABLE TO USE THESE
THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING ART AND
RUN THEIR MARKS ONE OF A
KIND, YES, AND WE’RE ALSO WHAT
REALLY GOT US EXCITED AS WE
KNOW THAT WE’RE AFTER CONTACT
BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME EUROPEAN
ARTIFACTS SO HERE THIS IS
SPANISH TABLE WHERE IT’S A
JOLLY CA AND IT’S WHAT’S KNOWN
AS SAN LUIS BLUE AND WHITE AND
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PIECE OF
SPANISH OLIVE JAR SO THIS WOULD
HAVE BEEN A LARGE AND FOR SHAPE
VESSEL. BOTH OF THESE ARE MADE
AND SPANG AND
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO
PRY ORIGINALLY TO HOLD OLIVE
OIL. BUT LATER THE USE THAT FOR
HOLDING WATER
AND OTHER THINGS ALL RIGHT SO
WE’RE LOOKING AT A MIX
HERE BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
NATIVE AMERICANS WHO WE OFTEN
TALK ABOUT
AS THE TO MAKE ONE OR QUELL
CORRECT PEOPLE AND I KNOW THAT
IT’S PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY
DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK RIGHT
AND TELL ME ABOUT THEIR HISTORY
HERE ON THE FIRST OKAY I THINK
A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE I THINK
OF JACKSONVILLE’S HISTORY, THEY
THINK OF MAYBE CAL 4 OR MAYBE
THE HUGUENOTS THRIVING, BUT
ACTUALLY JACKSON HISTORY BEGINS
10,000 YEARS BEFORE THAT WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE
INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS. SO THEY
WERE LIVING HERE FOR PROBABLY
ABOUT 5 TO 5,000 YEARS AGO ON A
FULL-TIME BASIS. THEIR HISTORY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING ITS REALLY DYNAMIC, IT’S REALLY A
GREAT HISTORY AND THEN THEY ARE
KIND OF INTERRUPTED BY THE
ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS IN THE
1560’S. I THINK WHAT MOST
PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK OF
NATIVE AMERICANS IN
THIS AREA. THEY THINK CAN
REALLY THEY JUST THINK OF A 5
YEAR WIND UP TO MAYBE
1562 67. IN REALITY, IT’S A
MUCH LONGER HISTORY THAN JUST
THAT REALLY REALLY SO WE’RE
LOOK
BEHIND US.
>> I MEAN THIS IS YOUR TEAM
THESE ARE SOME OF YOUR STUDENTS
THAT ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE
ABLE TO LITERALLY DIG UP
HISTORY RIGHT.
HOW DOES THIS WORK IS IN A GRID
SEARCH, I MEAN IT’S OBVIOUSLY
NOT JUST SHOVEL IN THERE AND
SEE WHAT YOU SO WHAT IT IS WE
FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF
ARTIFACTS DATING TO 1580 IN
1620, SO THAT REALLY LETS US
KNOW WE HAVE
SARAH BAY. WHAT WE WANT TO DO
NOW IS TRY TO FIND WHERE THEY
WERE LIVING TRY TO FIND
STRUCTURES BUILDING THAT HOUSES
SO TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO OPEN
UP THESE LARGE EXCAVATION COM
BLOCKS AND SO THE 20’S
RECTANGLE YOU SEE THOSE KIND
CIRCUMSCRIBED BY THE PINK FLAG,
I STRENGTH
THOSE ARE WON BY 2 METER UNITS
OR DIGGING A SERIES OF THESE
SEPARATELY AND SMALL LAYERS TO
TRY TO OPEN THIS LARGE AREA AND
WE ACTUALLY JUST FOUND LAST
WEEK A SERIES OF STAINS THAT
REPRESENTS POST A LARGE
BUILDING. WOW
I AM THIS IS INDIANA JONES
STUFF LOVE IT AND REAL QUICKLY
WANT TO JUST GET BACK TO THE
SHOW AND TELL.
CORN ON THE THAT’S WHAT YOU
TOLD ME NOT TO TOUCH.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: BUT HERE IT
IS RIGHT IT IS SO THIS IS BORNE
BURN CORN AND THESE ARE THE
JOBS SO THEY PROBABLY HAVE
SHRUNK MAYBE A 4TH OF THEIR
SIZE BUT THERE ARE A LOT
SMALLER THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT
TO FIND A AT A GROCERY
STORE TODAY. AND WHAT HAS
REALLY BEEN I THINK A
SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY THAT
WE’VE MADE THE RADIO
CARBON DATING IS THERE NOT
GROWING CORN HERE UNTIL ABOUT
1450 AD SO THERE ARE ONLY
STARTING TO GROW CORN HERE IN
THE
JACKSON AREA MAY BE DECADES
BEFORE JUAN PONCE ARRIVES AND
1513. WELL IN THE KIND OF
TITUSVILLE AREA.
>> SO MANY
AMAZING THINGS.
>> THAT WAS A PIPE THAT’S A
TOBACCO PIPE SO THAT’S REALLY
INTERESTING IS NATIVE MADE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE’S A WHOLE
HERE WITH A
STEM GONE AND THIS WOULD HAVE
HAD TO FACE UP TO JOHN AND THAT
LITTLE DESIGN THERE THAT
REPRESENTS
THE EAR. THE INDIVIDUALS, THE
REST OF IT IS BROKEN OFF.
OK SO WE’VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF
TOBACCO PIPES THAT ARE MADE BY
NATIVE AMERICANS.
WE’RE ALSO GETTING POTTERY
THAT’S MADE BY NATIVE AMERICANS
BUT ITS MAIDEN EUROPEAN
VESSEL FORMS SO THIS IS AFTER
CONTACT KIND OF MIMICKING SO
THEY LEARNED FROM WHAT THEY
WERE ABLE TO SEE THREAT FROM
THE EUROPEANS THE CAR OVER AND
THEN THEIR CORPORATE INTO THEIR
OWN TYPE DOCTOR ASHLEY, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON THIS
IS REALLY INCREDIBLE AS YOU
REPRESENT YOUR
TEAM FROM.
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
FLORIDA’S ARCHEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO
LEARN MORE.
>> THEY CAN JUST CONTACT THE
UNF ARCHEOLOGY LAB OR CONTACT