Bruce Piatek is a Southeast region archaeologist. In this lecture Bruce shares his presentation on “First People of Jekyll Island,-Thousands of People for Thousands of Years” which touches on the archaeology that has been done on Jekyll Island and what has been learned from archaeology about the different phases of occupation of the earliest people on the island. Explore the different time periods prior to European contact and a description of the archaeological evidence from each. As a bonus Bruce is making black water from the wild yapon plant so that GIAS members will get a taste of the liquid the Native Americans used to “cleanse themselves.”

Held in the Fort Frederica National Monument Visitor’s Center