[SunkenCiv]

Two small artifacts recovered from the depths have a big story to tell. They are challenging what we think we know about how humans lived in North American nearly 10,000 years ago.

Archeologists [sic] have discovered a mystery at the bottom of Lake Huron | June 1, 2021 | Scientific American

[martin_fierro]

Just for fun sometime, count the sheer number of booze ads in SA.

[Tallguy]

I have a theory: The hunter had a “tragic boating accident” whereby he “lost” his regulated “assault spear” rather than having the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Spears remove it from him by force. Sound plausible?

[logi_cal869]

...dry land inhabited by Native Americans, who built hunting structures on it to trap and kill caribou.

An odd claim, since such humans at the time had migrated from Siberia across the 'land bridge', particularly absent any human remains whatsoever.

Will the discovery - and biased 'scientific' conclusions - lend provenance for NA claims to Lake Huron water rights? /s

[blam]

"...underwater archaeologists have found something extraordinary about these two pieces of obsidian: they traveled nearly 2,500 miles from central Oregon before coming to rest at what is now the bottom of one of the Great Lakes."

Travelled by human feet. Must have been highly prized.

[llevrok]

These came from the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

[smokingfrog]

https://ontarioarchaeology.org/Resources/Publications/oa41-2-godfrey-smith.pdf

[fireman15]

From the lead up I assumed that obsidian came from some exotic location in Asia, Europe, Africa, or who knows where and there was no mention in the article or the parts of the video that was able to hold my interest.

When I looked up where obsidian comes from it mentions Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada. The people in question were nomads and they no doubt traded with other nomads. It does not surprise me in the least that a valued commodity in those days would make it from Idaho to Michigan.

[cyclotic]

Or, the hunter could have lost them in a tragic boating accident

[crz]

And under the main span of the Big Mac bridge is the original river channel. The largest ancient waterfall in the river system was just down stream from there in Lake Huron.

Back abt 10 to 15 thousand years ago, the Great Lakes did not exist as they are today.

[OftheOhio]

Thanks, I spent many happy days there fishing always knowing a monster of a fish lurked there. It truly was a fisherman’s paradise.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

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[wardaddy]

[Varda]

While the headline is sensationalistic (they’ve known about long distance trade networks for decades) this is a cool find. Thanks for posting.
One of my favorite finds is a chert preform found on the shore of Lake Erie. It’s form was in use over ~7,000 ya. The Great Lakes have been inhabited for a long time.

[Varda]

While the headline is sensationalistic (they’ve known about long distance trade networks for decades) this is a cool find. Thanks for posting.
One of my favorite finds is a chert preform found on the shore of Lake Erie. It’s form was in use over ~7,000 ya. The Great Lakes have been inhabited for a long time.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

I’ll wager the Indians were obsequious with their obsidian.

Okay, I’ll go to the corner...

5.56mm

[colorado tanker]

Thanks for a fascinating post!

[sit-rep]

I guess there is no possibly of those pieces got out there on an ice float the broke or melted... And there was no distinct rock line up they mention. I think it’s just a fluke. They clearly just grabbed the top layer of sentiment. I would think 10k years they would be a touch deeper...

[Red Badger]

They lost their weapons in a tragic canoeing accident?........................