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Fire, drone expose scale of prehistoric rock formations ( Montana )
ap ^ | KARL PUCKETT

Posted on 05/10/2015 10:04:39 AM PDT by george76

Cutting-edge archaeological work that included use of a drone and prescribed fire has unearthed previously unknown information about a one-of-a-kind Native American archaeological site in northeastern Montana dating back thousands of years.

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everything you can see archaeologically speaking on the northern plains is contained within 300 acres .. The project also has given archaeologists new information on how prairie fires interact with cultural resources that can be applied to other locations.

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The prehistoric collection of large-scale stone at the Henry Smith archaeological site spans 320 acres in Phillips County. Since the 1960s, it's been known that the site contained a buffalo jump .. Once the fire did its work, the drone documented the newly exposed site.

(Excerpt) Read more at billingsgazette.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: archaeologicalsite; buffalojump

1 posted on 05/10/2015 10:04:39 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

I am no going to answer as survey just for this article.


2 posted on 05/10/2015 10:08:18 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Troublemaker; SunkenCiv

Aerial images .

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/aerial-images-show-blm-archaeological-site-after-controlled-burn/article_4000236f-b84b-5f0b-a1d5-a9b3f8d04fb4.html


3 posted on 05/10/2015 10:09:30 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: mountainlion

I always answer nonsensical.

Besides, you’re not missing anything.

I just love AP articles about visuals without photos...

/s


4 posted on 05/10/2015 10:11:21 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: mountainlion

They did not ask me to do a survey.

However, try this :

http://mtstandard.com/mobile/article_2a15989c-fcbe-56b6-9d6e-54257cd04a88.html


5 posted on 05/10/2015 10:12:43 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
I did not know buffalo could jump...

Blnk
6 posted on 05/10/2015 1:40:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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