Mark Wilde-Ramsing and Joni Osku Backstrom used shallow-water sonar to uncover 45 wooden structures in North Carolina's Eagles Island, evidence of Gullah Geechee engineering.
The use of the custom side-scan sonar system has been crucial in locating these artifacts, as visibility during diving isn’t sufficient to find them.
These irrigation devices, developed by enslaved Gullah Geechee people, demonstrate their significant engineering and technological skills in managing the rice fields.
Finding these structures helps document and preserve the history of the Gullah Geechee corridor, highlighting the ingenuity of a community often overlooked in history.
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