When they survive, as at Windover, they reveal a world of material sophistication that the standard record had obscured.

Every stone tool assemblage in the archaeological record of the Americas is the tip of an organic technology iceberg.

The stone is just the fraction that time allowed to survive.

The National Historic Landmark And What Remains

After the three field seasons of excavation — 1984, 1985, and 1986 — the Windover site was protected rather than destroyed.

Glen Doran had been explicit from early in the project that only approximately half of the pond should be excavated, with the remainder left intact for future investigation when technology would have advanced.

This decision reflected both scientific foresight and ethical caution.