Island stuff

Thousands of years ago these low sandy islands now called the Cedar Keys were inhabited by races of people called shell  cultures. From about 2500 bc to 1000 ad they lived, hunted, fished and flourished here and along the entire gulf coast.
They left behind some reminders of their lives here on the islands. They built mounds constructed of thousands of oyster shells, clam shells, turtle shells, deer bones, conch, the remains of countless meals. Many of these shell mounds still exist to this day here.
They also created pottery. Yesterday we paddled to a remote island and discovered that a recent storm had unearthed what I think is a cooking area that could be more than 2000 years old. Many many broken shards of pottery all in one place. A long time ago unknown human hands formed these now broken vessels and marked them with sometimes intricate designs.