The mythic sea was further peopled by dangerous sea monsters such as Scylla. Where Olivier had narrow winding stairwells, Kozintsev had broad avenues, peopled with ambassadors and courtiers. Shellmounds are essentially Ohlone habitation sites where peopled lived and died and often buried. He described Ireland as a "country peopled by priests, peasants and pixies". Instead of using Vermin's tired characters, Abner inventively peopled the strip with hillbillies. He peopled the newly developed areas with villages, which under royal officers served the canals. A medieval borough sprung up around it - peopled by English and Welsh settlers. Evelyn Waugh peopled his novels with composite characters based upon individuals he knew. It was peopled by the precursors to modern humans. Abia is mainly peopled by the Igbo ethnic group. Northern Eurasia was peopled after 12,000 years ago, in the beginning Holocene. Their video world is peopled with police officers, judges, and government agents. A huge area in what is now central Oklahoma was literally "peopled" by Americans overnight. In the Saronic gulf, Aegina was peopled by Dorians. Europe was peopled after c. 45 ka.