Wood Objects

Wood Artifact (possible pole)

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.

Socketed bone point with wood shaft

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.

Anhinga Trail Collections

  • Collection of socketed bone and antler points
    Socketed Bone Points

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

  • A Leister Prong collection
    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.

  • View of Glades Plain Pottery collection
    Ceramics

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

Last updated: September 24, 2021

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