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Anthropology

wnylib

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6. It's the preservation that surprised me.

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 25, 2022, 01:22 AM

Sep 2022

It's not surprising that people were living there at the time. We already knew as much. There is evidence of copper mining in Michigan and Wisconsin and the larger Great Lakes region 10,000 years ago.

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-native-americans-were-among-world-s-first-coppersmiths

These canoes have significance for the Native people of the region. But I am curious about the conditions that preserved the canoes.

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A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin -- this time tracing back to 1000 B.C. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 OP

Cool story. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2022 #1

I visited Eagle Heights when there were only 100s Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #2

The canoe must have been preserved at hypoxic depths and maybe revealed due to storms and Martin68 Sep 2022 #3

It's the preservation that surprised me. wnylib Sep 2022 #6

If the canoe sank in very deep water where no sunlight reaches and there is no oxygen at the Martin68 Sep 2022 #7

As a kid... PJMcK Sep 2022 #4

Me too Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 #8

3 dug outs. need to scour that lake yearly i think. pansypoo53219 Sep 2022 #5