WEBVTT 00:01.533 --> 00:05.900 align:left position:17.5%,start line:71% size:72.5% Announcer: The following program is a production of WLRN Public Television. 00:07.666 --> 00:11.933 align:left position:37.5%,start line:5% size:52.5% [ music ] 00:11.933 --> 00:15.733 align:left position:12.5%,start line:77% size:77.5% Arva Parks: South Florida is one of the oldest human habitation sites 00:15.733 --> 00:19.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% in North America, and that makes the Miami story 00:19.533 --> 00:22.600 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% so interesting as one of the oldest habitation sites 00:22.600 --> 00:25.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:5% size:72.5% and also one of the newest major American cities. 00:27.133 --> 00:29.966 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Bob Carr: We are now documenting, fully, 00:29.966 --> 00:32.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the fact that the Tequesta Indians 00:32.266 --> 00:35.033 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% and their ancestors were residing on the Miami River 00:35.033 --> 00:38.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% for at least 3,000 years. 00:38.166 --> 00:42.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We have now found evidence of this long continuous occupation 00:42.600 --> 00:45.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5% right up to the point of European contact 00:45.200 --> 00:46.733 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% in the 16th century. 00:47.600 --> 00:50.266 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 00:50.266 --> 00:52.400 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% The Tequesta are Native Americans 00:52.400 --> 00:55.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% who resided in southeastern Florida. 00:55.966 --> 00:59.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% We know their name because when the Spanish arrived 00:59.433 --> 01:01.333 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% in south Florida in the 16th century, 01:01.333 --> 01:03.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% this is the name that they were told. 01:03.200 --> 01:07.000 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% We know for sure that Ponce de Leon was in Biscayne Bay 01:07.000 --> 01:11.300 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% in July, 1513, and in his journal, he wrote, 01:11.300 --> 01:14.533 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% "Reached Tequesta." Chequesta with a C. 01:14.533 --> 01:17.933 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% And we know that the Spanish tend to name habitation sites 01:17.933 --> 01:20.133 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% after the chief. 01:20.133 --> 01:23.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Now, we don't know for sure that Ponce de Leon came ashore, 01:23.133 --> 01:24.433 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% but it makes sense. 01:24.433 --> 01:26.233 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% He's the one that called it Chequesta. 01:27.566 --> 01:31.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% Bob: This site is a window into the Tequestan. 01:31.700 --> 01:34.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This window is giving us a wonderful view 01:34.366 --> 01:37.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% of prehistoric life up to 3,000 years ago. 01:39.500 --> 01:44.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5% Arva: By some miracle, no one has ever built on the site 01:44.100 --> 01:46.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of what they uncovering. 01:46.100 --> 01:49.233 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% And that's extraordinary when you think about the history of 01:49.233 --> 01:53.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% the United States and the fact that people were choosing 01:53.166 --> 01:57.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% to live on the north bank of the Miami River that long ago. 01:57.966 --> 02:00.533 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 02:00.533 --> 02:04.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:77% size:77.5% Bob: No one really who was involved in archeology in a serious way 02:04.366 --> 02:07.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% has any doubt as to the importance of the site. 02:07.100 --> 02:09.633 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% This is a rare opportunity, a window into Miami's past 02:09.633 --> 02:12.533 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that probably will never be seen again. 02:13.333 --> 02:16.400 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% We're finding not only tens of thousands of artifacts 02:16.400 --> 02:18.166 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% and cultural remains, 02:18.166 --> 02:21.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but over 2,000 postholes cut into the rock 02:21.733 --> 02:26.400 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75% is this huge area of circles and linear alignments of these postholes, 02:26.400 --> 02:31.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% giving us a very rare glimpse of what a prehistoric Tequesta town 02:31.000 --> 02:33.033 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% may have looked like. 02:34.233 --> 02:36.000 align:left position:27.5%,start line:77% size:62.5% Ryan Franklin: And the postholes that are chalked 02:36.000 --> 02:38.900 align:left position:20%,start line:5% size:70% would have held posts in the circular pattern 02:38.900 --> 02:40.466 align:left position:25%,start line:5% size:65% that you can follow all the way around. 02:41.933 --> 02:44.833 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% It would have been a house of some sort. 02:44.833 --> 02:47.033 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We have, at this point, ten circles 02:47.033 --> 02:49.500 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% that all look relatively similar. 02:49.500 --> 02:53.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The holes have similar diameter, similar depth. 02:54.066 --> 02:56.600 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% Where they're excavating there is interesting because 02:56.600 --> 02:59.633 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% as the elevation drops, you get to this tidal zone. 02:59.633 --> 03:03.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% And in the tidal zone, you have probably the best intact 03:03.600 --> 03:06.100 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% [inaudible] on the property, which means we have the best 03:06.100 --> 03:08.033 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% prehistoric material coming from there. 03:09.166 --> 03:11.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% You could see it's deep, rich, black organic dirt. 03:11.600 --> 03:14.366 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% And the reason it's rich and organic like that is it's... 03:14.366 --> 03:17.900 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% that's all the plant matter, all the animal remains, 03:17.900 --> 03:19.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% the shellfish, the fish. 03:19.900 --> 03:22.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And it builds up over time, and it creates this really dark, 03:22.100 --> 03:24.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% black organic material. 03:24.233 --> 03:26.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% There's a lot of material in there, a lot of artifacts, 03:26.766 --> 03:29.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a lot of ceramic, a lot of animal bone. 03:29.233 --> 03:32.600 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Animal bone is mostly turtle and shark and fish. 03:35.600 --> 03:37.533 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Bob: Growing up in Miami, 03:37.533 --> 03:41.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% I spent my childhood exploring the Miami River 03:41.100 --> 03:43.566 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% and becoming very intimate with it. 03:43.566 --> 03:46.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% This pottery is from... probably the glaze one period. 03:46.366 --> 03:49.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% In seventh grade, I had asked the teacher, 03:49.366 --> 03:52.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% "Who were the first people in Miami, the earliest people?" 03:52.766 --> 03:54.866 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% And her answer was, "The Seminoles." 03:54.866 --> 03:56.566 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% I thought, "Okay. That makes sense. 03:56.566 --> 03:58.533 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% They're Indians, Native Americans." 03:58.533 --> 04:04.000 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% A friend came to class one day with a box of artifacts. 04:04.000 --> 04:07.500 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And he started showing pieces of pottery and this beautiful ax 04:07.500 --> 04:09.966 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% made out of a green stone. 04:09.966 --> 04:12.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% And I said, "Well, where did you find that?" 04:12.033 --> 04:14.200 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% He said, "I found it on the Miami River." 04:14.200 --> 04:18.200 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% That began a lifetime interest in archeology 04:18.200 --> 04:20.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% because what he showed me demonstrated 04:20.600 --> 04:23.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% that there were much more ancient people in Miami 04:23.666 --> 04:27.733 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% than what I had ever even conceived of. 04:28.533 --> 04:31.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we now know through the archeological record 04:31.200 --> 04:35.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:77% size:67.5% that the Tequesta were a people that resided in southeast Florida 04:35.133 --> 04:38.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from what is currently Boca Raton to the north, 04:38.666 --> 04:40.700 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% southward to Key West 04:40.700 --> 04:43.500 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% and westward to Everglades National Park. 04:43.500 --> 04:46.766 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 04:52.266 --> 04:55.000 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% They occupied a major part of the Peninsula 04:55.000 --> 04:58.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and focused their principle town at the mouth of the Miami River 04:58.433 --> 05:01.166 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% because of its confluence with Biscayne Bay. 05:02.866 --> 05:06.200 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% This was the ideal location for human habitation. 05:06.200 --> 05:09.433 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Not only did it provide a transportation corridor 05:09.433 --> 05:12.666 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% through the river going directly into the Everglades, 05:14.233 --> 05:17.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% but it also provided access directly into the bay, 05:17.433 --> 05:21.733 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% to what is now Miami Beach, Fisher Island, Virginia Key. 05:23.733 --> 05:26.233 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% They were a canoe culture in the sense that they were 05:26.233 --> 05:27.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% very dependent on dugout canoes. 05:27.933 --> 05:30.966 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% I'm sure if we were looking at a Tequesta today 05:30.966 --> 05:33.300 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% we would find the males were very strong and powerful 05:33.300 --> 05:36.366 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% chest and shoulders from all the canoeing they were doing. 05:37.900 --> 05:39.833 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% They were able to exploit tremendous 05:39.833 --> 05:42.133 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% resources from the reefs offshore 05:42.133 --> 05:45.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% as well as the interior Everglades and the Miami River. 05:45.366 --> 05:48.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The fishing for the Tequesta was actually quite sophisticated 05:48.066 --> 05:50.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% in some ways in the sense that they were not just throwing 05:50.766 --> 05:55.700 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% a line into the water, but they actually had nets. 05:55.700 --> 05:58.300 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% They would stretch the nets across the Miami River 05:58.300 --> 05:59.766 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% with the current changing. 05:59.766 --> 06:01.966 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% They were really very adept at taking advantage 06:01.966 --> 06:04.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% of the local environment. 06:04.100 --> 06:07.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Had fishing wares from what we can tell by simply constructing 06:07.633 --> 06:11.333 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% with probably wood and netting and funneling the fish 06:11.333 --> 06:13.100 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% going into a particular place. 06:13.100 --> 06:15.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They could just seal that off and actually keep the fish alive 06:15.966 --> 06:18.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% if they wished for as long as they needed to. 06:18.200 --> 06:20.133 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 06:20.133 --> 06:22.633 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Also, hunting was very important. 06:22.633 --> 06:24.966 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% We find lots of deer bones. 06:26.866 --> 06:29.533 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% We find raccoons. We find squirrels. 06:29.533 --> 06:35.133 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% We find... even small rats, reptiles, alligators, snakes. 06:35.133 --> 06:39.966 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% What we don't find often are panthers, bear, wolves 06:39.966 --> 06:41.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and of course, these are the predators. 06:41.666 --> 06:43.200 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% These are at the top of the food chain 06:43.200 --> 06:44.633 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% and probably not very good to eat 06:44.633 --> 06:46.933 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% and probably very dangerous to hunt for that matter. 06:48.466 --> 06:51.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The Tequesta and the Indians in general in south Florida 06:51.566 --> 06:54.366 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% were one of the few native peoples in North America 06:54.366 --> 06:58.866 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% who developed a complex socially stratified society 06:58.866 --> 07:01.966 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% without the advantage of agriculture. 07:01.966 --> 07:05.266 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75% And the reason is because the maritime resources were so extensive 07:05.266 --> 07:08.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that they were able to actually develop this culture 07:08.433 --> 07:11.500 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% just simply based on fishing. 07:12.433 --> 07:14.966 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 07:14.966 --> 07:18.433 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% The Spanish arrive in the 16th century. 07:18.433 --> 07:21.266 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% They're greeted with tremendous hostility. 07:21.266 --> 07:23.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The reason they're hostile in part is because they've already 07:23.833 --> 07:26.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% gotten word from Cuba and the Bahamas from those native people 07:26.900 --> 07:29.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that when the Europeans arrive, you better be ready 07:29.166 --> 07:32.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% because it isn't going to be a walk in the park. 07:32.000 --> 07:35.500 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% So this very combative relationship continues 07:35.500 --> 07:37.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% for at least a hundred or more years. 07:39.566 --> 07:42.700 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% But eventually, the Spanish contact, 07:42.700 --> 07:45.166 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% through efforts of Pedro Menendez 07:45.166 --> 07:47.600 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% who was the founder of St. Augustine, 07:47.600 --> 07:52.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% arrives in Miami in 1567, convinces the Tequesta 07:52.033 --> 07:55.333 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% to allow him to put a fort with a Spanish mission 07:55.333 --> 07:56.666 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% at the mouth of the river. 07:56.666 --> 07:58.766 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% Well, that enterprise doesn't last every long 07:58.766 --> 08:02.200 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% because there's warfare and hostilities break out. 08:02.200 --> 08:06.500 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% That attempt at creating a mission at the mouth of the river 08:06.500 --> 08:08.600 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% occurs again in 1743. 08:08.600 --> 08:11.766 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% Again with equally disastrous results. 08:13.433 --> 08:16.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Arva: The Spanish, they believe, built behind the native village 08:16.633 --> 08:19.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% so, if you think of Second Avenue, of course, didn't exist, 08:19.833 --> 08:21.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% as a dividing line in a little bit of a way. 08:21.933 --> 08:24.400 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% We don't know what's under Second Avenue. 08:24.400 --> 08:27.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% They did find Spanish habitation sites. 08:28.366 --> 08:31.966 align:left position:12.5%,start line:77% size:77.5% Bob: We have found archeological evidence of Spanish occupation 08:31.966 --> 08:35.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% at the mouth of the Miami River by way of numerous 08:35.800 --> 08:41.200 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% European artifacts including from the mission several bells. 08:41.200 --> 08:43.633 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% The changes that occurred through time 08:43.633 --> 08:45.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% is that because of trade, 08:45.566 --> 08:48.566 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% because of the products that the Europeans are bringing, 08:48.566 --> 08:52.566 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% particularly the Spanish, metal tools, rum, 08:52.566 --> 08:55.133 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% which was the big disintegrating factor 08:55.133 --> 08:57.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in native societies all over the new world, 08:57.800 --> 09:02.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that we have in effect the American holocaust. 09:02.733 --> 09:06.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% All over the new world, millions of Native Americans disappear. 09:06.933 --> 09:10.300 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% They die initially as a result of slavery, but most of them 09:10.300 --> 09:13.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as a result of diseases brought by Europeans. 09:13.266 --> 09:15.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Arva: Particularly small pox. 09:15.666 --> 09:19.866 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% It really ran wild in the native population. 09:19.866 --> 09:23.033 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Bob: This big disintegration of native culture 09:23.033 --> 09:26.833 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% is now filled by the Seminoles and what became the Miccosukees 09:26.833 --> 09:30.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% who come into south Florida and find themselves in direct combat 09:30.133 --> 09:32.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% with these other remnant people. 09:32.700 --> 09:39.966 align:left position:15%,start line:77% size:75% Arva: The last remaining Tequesta asked for asylum in Cuba. 09:39.966 --> 09:41.966 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% They intermarried with the Cubans. 09:41.966 --> 09:45.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So in many ways, we may have some of the genes 09:45.466 --> 09:48.433 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% of these original people back in south Florida today 09:48.433 --> 09:50.333 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% with the arrival of the Cubans. 09:50.333 --> 09:52.933 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 09:52.933 --> 09:55.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Bob: Most of this site will disappear except for two of the circles 09:55.800 --> 09:57.600 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that will be preserved. 09:59.166 --> 10:02.400 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% Arva: If I had my 100% druthers, 10:02.400 --> 10:04.500 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% there's no question I would save the whole site 10:04.500 --> 10:08.833 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% and make it open to the public and explain the story. 10:08.833 --> 10:13.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The developers agreed to expose what they believe 10:13.633 --> 10:19.233 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% is the most important site inside of a building. 10:19.233 --> 10:22.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Bob: Two large very distinct circles, circular features, 10:22.533 --> 10:25.000 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% will be preserved and interpreted to the public. 10:26.900 --> 10:29.533 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% The site not only has been recognized 10:29.533 --> 10:32.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% as being something very unusual and unique, 10:32.866 --> 10:36.800 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% but probably able to be listed on the National Register 10:36.800 --> 10:39.833 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% of Historic Places and even as a national landmark. 10:40.300 --> 10:42.666 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% The best idea we could come up with 10:42.666 --> 10:45.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% because we couldn't get a view during the day 10:45.033 --> 10:48.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that we were happy with because of all the visual noise, 10:48.000 --> 10:50.033 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% so we thought if we could enhance that with light. 10:50.033 --> 10:51.566 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% This was my idea. 10:51.566 --> 10:55.500 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% I first looked at electrical lighting and other temporary systems 10:55.500 --> 10:57.233 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% and was just not practical. 10:57.233 --> 11:00.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% One of our workers came up with the idea of using glow sticks. 11:00.033 --> 11:02.933 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% We think it's going to be 100% effective. 11:02.933 --> 11:06.766 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ] 11:06.766 --> 11:11.166 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% The purpose of this drone flight is to capture an image 11:11.166 --> 11:13.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% that reveals all of this Tequesta town 11:13.400 --> 11:15.533 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% in one shot and one view. 11:15.533 --> 11:18.866 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% This is going to give us a bird's eye view of the Tequesta village 11:18.866 --> 11:21.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in a way that has never been seen by people 11:21.166 --> 11:23.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in the last 1,500 years. 11:23.333 --> 11:25.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This is something we can't do on the ground. 11:25.266 --> 11:27.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% We can reconstruct this with maps and so forth. 11:27.933 --> 11:29.333 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% That's what we're doing. 11:29.333 --> 11:33.066 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% But being able to go up 500 feet above the ground 11:33.066 --> 11:35.033 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% and seeing this for the first time 11:35.033 --> 11:36.733 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% perhaps similar to the way it might have looked 11:36.733 --> 11:40.100 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% in terms of the alignment in Tequesta times. 11:40.100 --> 11:41.933 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% This is something that's never been done. 11:41.933 --> 11:44.066 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% Wow, that's great. 11:44.066 --> 11:48.000 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% This in fact is the first time in archeology in North America 11:48.000 --> 11:52.600 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% that this kind of night flight revealing a structure 11:52.600 --> 11:58.833 align:left position:17.5%,start line:77% size:72.5% as well as the actual plan of a prehistoric town is being revealed. 11:59.566 --> 12:02.466 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% This aerial view is going to be one of our best records 12:02.466 --> 12:05.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of what this site actually looks like before it disappears. 12:05.933 --> 12:11.300 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% [ Music ]