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Anthropology

Martin68

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7. If the canoe sank in very deep water where no sunlight reaches and there is no oxygen at the

Reply to wnylib (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 25, 2022, 12:47 PM

Sep 2022

bottom, it will not decay. Old growth forest logs that were harvested 150 years ago and towed down the lake by tugboat to a saw mill, sometimes broke free, got waterlogged, and sank. They are still there at the bottom and are very valuable.

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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