highland onhere at the shore of an estuary. it is placed wherever freshwater saltwater mix. this is to the north of the peace river and the myakka river . the produce one of the most productive habitats. it supports mangrove and seagrass systems. it was the system that the colusa and their land -- ancestors used to achieve great success. 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. of that first 1500 years 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. means debris of life. so essentially garbage. are indicatordens of environmental change and artifacts that were l