Wood Objects

NPS Photo

Artifacts made from wood often decay long before archeologists excavate sites. Preservation of wood occurs only in specific types of environments. At the Anhinga Trail site, peat material in the sediments at the bottom of the slough lowered the oxygen level of the soil, which prevented bacterial decay of the wood.

NPS Photo

One wood artifact that was discovered in 2014 may be a pole from a structure in the water. The object is cut and burned.

Several wood shafts were found inside socketed bone points. The bone points were attached over wood shafts to create a spear or dart.

Archeology at Anhinga Trail

Anhinga Trail Collections

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  Socketed Bone Points

  The Anhinga Trail collection contains 96 socketed bone and antler points.

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  Fish Hooks, Gorges, and Leister

  Fish could be caught individually with hooks, gorges, and spears or could be caught in groups using nets or fish weirs.

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  Ceramics

  At many archeological sites ceramics are the most common artifact found.