(Courtesy of Bruce Templeton)
Posted on 07/27/2011 2:45:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
For years archaeologists suspected the First Nations history might go way back because there had been small, individual finds, but Hurricane Earl helped reveal even more.
But for the first time, a large campsite has been uncovered that proves people moved through the area when ice still covered parts of the province.
"We have individual finds and that's how we knew people were here," said Brent Suttie, archaeologist in charge of the site.
The site is near Pennfield but the precise location is being kept secret for now.
"We had individual spear points that we knew were that old. But it's just we never had the sites to give us contextual information -- like what people were eating, how they were living, the structures they may have been living in, what the population size may have been," he said...
The search began after an archaeologist with the road building company needed to get better reception for a cell phone call, so he drove his truck to the top of the hill, Suttie said.
"As he was walking and talking to another archaeologist from the same company, he looked down and spotted artifacts that were just laying out on the surface," he said.
Two years later, they are excavating, and the road has had to be re-routed to bypass two of the three sites.
Suttie said they have found some material in the campsite that came from central Maine.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
(Courtesy of Bruce Templeton)
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Well! You can guess the motivation this holds for private landowners.
Shoot. Shovel. Shut up.
Seriously?
This doesn't make any sense. They were just lying on the surface where archaelogists just happened to be walking around? But if the find was legit, and the storm was responsible for the artifacts being churned up, how do they know where to dig? Or are they just gonna dig up all over the place?
The connection’s not very well made, but I think they just mean that the storm washed away some of the overburden and made it possible to see what was there. On the top of the hill, the artifacts couldn’t have washed in from somewhere else.
What is that person holding? A petrified Wheaties flake?
Maybe. FWIW, I still think it smells.
Of course, this is happening in Canada. The term “First Nation” is the giveaway, since we don’t refer to the aborigines who inhabited this continent first as “First Nation.” Ever been through New Brunswick, Canada? Lovely but COLD. Nice if you like lots and lots and lots of pine trees.
The artifact was made by someone about two feet tall, with really small hands.
The Keebler Elves???
These archaeologists should be looking for hollow trees, living and fossil.
Let me tell you - I drove from New Jersey to Halifax in the dead of winter, right after New Year’s. Once we hit the boreal forests, that was all we saw for the rest of the trip - snow, snow, more snow, and conifers. We also spent some time in Luneberg, where a family member was working on a tall ship. It must be lovely in the summer month, but in January, in was like being in a punch bowl full of water and big blocks of ice.
You have to hand it to Canadians - they’ve got some real moxie to survive so long in such climates.
Ping!
Hi! I haven’t spoken to you in ages. Everything is well, I hope! Nice to see you.
Clive has the Canada ping list now.
Ping to Clive!
With me it is same old, same old.
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