to get higher salinity at various points but also when periods ofrolonged droubt. that indicates 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. -- by detailed analysis we began to understand the resilience of the people here and parts of their culture. they endured an long-term cld.of the abandoned the site around a three years. when they returned was when they began to use the middens and buildingd to be massive structures as well as excavating a canal that took the wast -- the route with what likely to be a freshwater stream. it was 30 feet wide eight to 12 feet deep and went all the way .cross this island as has for that kind of as menction work is also mounds. going as the 1600s, they established a posse-using. colusa awaycap the from the conflicts. began myriad -- when they , it set the stage for the people who became professionals and were equipped with guns and elusivetake south area people as slaves. in the 16 90's there number