Archaeology: Site Yields Evidence Of Farming (Wisconsin, 12,000 Year Ago Site)

Twin Cities.com/AP ^ | 9-3-2003

[genefromjersey]

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[farmfriend]

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[Eric in the Ozarks]

And, you can pick up a cold case of Lineys dere at the Tirdy Below Liquor Store in Algoma.

[Catspaw]

Yeah, well dat may be so NOW, doncha know, but dose early Cheeseheads, dey were somebody else, hey, dey got dere so early, dey don't know to wear green and gold, doncha know. Dey wore deerskins and a lot of dem got shot by da Yoopers.

Yoopers? Hah! Dey jus got lost on dere way to Washington Island.

But ya know, if yer goin to Door County, ya gots to stop at Joe Rouers. I know it ain't in Door County, but in Champion on A in Kewaunee County, but hey! He's got good burgers, damn good burgers. Ya can git em plain, you can git em plain wid onions, you can git a cheeseburger wid onions, and ya can git a cheeseburger plain. Ya, I know it ain't been the same since Helen died, and den dere was da fire, but Joe saved dem big cast-iron fryin pans, so it's sorta like the old place almost, but Joe don't do much frying cept on weekends, and even den, cuz he's pretty damn old, ya know....he grinds the meat special, but he sez it's da pans.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Is that in Gogebic County ?

[wafflehouse]

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[Genesis defender]

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[farmfriend]

Consider yourself added. Thanks.

[happygrl]

Have the copper mining sites on U.P. Michgan ever been dated ? Just wondering whether any of the people who settle this site might have had a relationship to that mystery.

[blam]

"Have the copper mining sites on U.P. Michgan ever been dated ? Just wondering whether any of the people who settle this site might have had a relationship to that mystery."

I believe they have been dated, I just can't remember the date. There does seem to be something strange surrounding those copper mines.

[biblewonk]

Wow, 6000 years before dirt was invented.

[newgeezer]

Well, the site is a few billion years old (depending how we look on these things) ;-)

Depending on whom you believe.

[newgeezer]

cows? they found diary cows?

You can bet Hillary's will be published before too long. Rosie's, too.

[newgeezer]

Speaking of Wisconsin cheese, I used to think it's good stuff.

But, Vermont cheese makes Wisconsin cheese taste like so much Velveeta.

[happygrl]

Wasn't there a huge amount of ore that was taken out, with no evidence (in material culture in this hemisphere) as to what was done with it ?

And no evidence as to WHO the miners were.

Unless you believe in copper-loving lephrechuans.

[Prodigal Son]

What do you mean?

[blam]

"Wasn't there a huge amount of ore that was taken out, with no evidence (in material culture in this hemisphere) as to what was done with it ?"

There's an on-going fuss about what happened to it, yes, an enormous amount of ore that was taken from this site. I've read both sides of this story and each side has good arguments for their view. I lean toward the view that 'over-seas' miners came and took it. (During the European bronze age)

[happygrl]

Yes, I would agree with that.

Copper is an essential component of bronze; they didn't call it the Bronze Age for nothing.

The implications for our understanding of ancient history are staggering.

Candidates for this adventure ?

Those mysterious Sea People.

[blam]

"Those mysterious Sea People."

Perhaps. A number of people have been know as 'The Sea People.' Below linked is the widest known 'sea' people. BTW, Phonecian is a Greek word for 'red headed.'

Sea People

[newgeezer]

What do you mean?

Some people believe, as you put it, "the site [or, the earth] is a few billion years old." Others believe it's in the thousands.

It just depends on whom you believe.