• Shore birds thrive in this coastal enviornment.

    Timucuan

    Ecological & Historic Preserve Florida

Life in Northeast Florida, 1000 CE

Sketch of a village on the St. Johns River

NPS/Richard Schlecht

The salt marshes of the St. Johns River are the only remaining places that retain the look and feel of Northeast Florida one thousand years ago.



Choose a link below and use your imagination to learn more about life in this area in 1000 CE.



Article - "In 1000 CE, Northeast Florida was a wilderness of spiritual beauty and natural dangers" (pdf)



Brochure - "Life in Northeast Florida, 1000 CE" (pdf)

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Firing demonstration at Fort Caroline, including an arquebus

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