Mammal Bones And Teeth From Gray's Reef & Other Places

                  ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN GRAY'S REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY





Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may have been a site of ancient human settlement during the last geologic time period and thus may hold the key to ancient culture and history along the coast. Dr. Erv Garrison, University of Georgia marine archeologist, is attempting to document the reefs' existence above sea level some 15,000 years ago when Georgia's shoreline extended more than 60 miles eastward. Off the coast, divers have turned up fossils of now-extinct land-dwelling animals, such as ground sloths, mastodons and early camels, horses and bison. "Where you find the animals, you most likely are going to find humans, " says Garrison.

Fossils and plant life discovered in our underwater sanctuaries may give us vital clues and insight into future climate changes and sea level rise.

The following is a list of fossil bones found by researchers at the Gray's reef National Marine Sanctuary during studies beginning in April,1995 to August, 1998. This project is led by Dr. Erv Garrison, Univeristy of Georgia marine archeologist

 
See article on Dr. Garrison's research on the Year of the Ocean Daily News.


http://graysreef.noaa.gov/arch.html