[Train Whistle] Located just north of Augusta, Stallings Island an area named for the Stallings people who lived in the area about 4,500 years ago. Different from other groups at the time, Stallings people settled and lived in small villages, while most other hunting and gathering peoples moved frequently. Perhaps the most remarkable achievement of the Stallings people can be seen in their pottery. Almost 2,000 years before most other southeastern cultures began making pottery, the Stallings people had created and perfected their own unique style of pottery— complete with the ‘drag and dab’ style of decoration. Like most other Native American cultures of the Archaic period, the Stallings people fished and hunted, and gathered roots, nuts, berries, and other plant foods. Freshwater clams were a staple in their diet— the shells of which helped to neutralize acids in the soil preserving many of their tools and pottery. About 3,500 years ago, 1,000 years after their settlement, the Stallings culture suddenly vanished from the area. How and why the Stallings people disappeared is still a mystery to archaeologists today. [Train Whistle]