that Oconi was inland to the west of San Pedro. Later mentions of Oconi describe it as being on an island, or as "between two lakes". This, together with the distance from San Pedro de Mocama, has been interpreted to mean that Oconi was on the margin of or in the Okefenokee Swamp.

Little is known of the native population of southeastern Georgia in prehistory. Archaeological study of the region has been limited and the ceramic chronology is not well established, but the area as a whole appears to have been a "transitory zone" between the