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Army archaeologists discovering history at Fort Drum
AP ^ | December 10, 2005 | WILLIAM KATES

Posted on 12/10/2005 5:29:36 PM PST by xcamel

FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Building for the future at the U.S. Army's Fort Drum is helping unveil the past. The newest discovery at the northern New York Army post is a prehistoric boat-building site near what would have been the shoreline of Glacial Lake Iroquois.

A team of Fort Drum archaeologists surveying a wooded hillside near where the Army is putting a new National Guard training site unearthed an unusual looking stone tool. With the help of a U.S. Marine archaeologist, the team was able to identify it as a triangular-pointed reamer, a typical prehistoric boat-building tool. They also found a punch and other three-dimensional blade tools.

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KEYWORDS: archaeology; army; fortdrum; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; ny
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more: Fort Drum Archaeology: http://www.drum.army.mil/garrison/pw/PWCulturalResources.html
1 posted on 12/10/2005 5:29:36 PM PST by xcamel
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To: xcamel; thefactor; aculeus; blam; SunkenCiv

Excellent post.


2 posted on 12/10/2005 5:32:54 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: xcamel

There goes training...again...


3 posted on 12/10/2005 5:37:52 PM PST by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: xcamel

Great timing. A couple of days ago, while digging in lower Manhattan, in the Fort George area, they unearthed a wall that was left over from the original fort (which was originally built by the Dutch, who quickly fell to the British).


4 posted on 12/10/2005 5:43:29 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Got that post - the "original battery" - only down 10', I was amazed they hadn't found it before.


5 posted on 12/10/2005 5:45:22 PM PST by xcamel (a system poltergeist stole it.)
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To: Pharmboy
Funny about the "tool" though, I have one from my property here that's dated 12,500 years old, and is made of grade 9 limestone. And it's still very sharp.
6 posted on 12/10/2005 5:47:45 PM PST by xcamel (a system poltergeist stole it.)
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To: xcamel

I spent 4 years in the north country attending college, so I appreciate reading this. Thanks for posting.


7 posted on 12/10/2005 6:00:34 PM PST by BillyBonebrake
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To: xcamel

Those neolithic folk were pretty handy...


8 posted on 12/10/2005 6:01:32 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: xcamel

I guess this area is now off limits for training. Before you know it 10th MTN will be looking for a new place to live.


9 posted on 12/10/2005 6:10:02 PM PST by stm
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I wasn't aware the marines had archeologists also. kinda hard to dig with a rifle in your hands!


10 posted on 12/10/2005 6:12:38 PM PST by siempre_fidelis (Pain is a weakness in your mind)
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To: txflake

Artifacts ping.


11 posted on 12/10/2005 6:39:27 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (I never got a job from a person on a government program.)
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To: siempre_fidelis

Me either. I thought they used to do archeology digs with 155mm howitzers!


12 posted on 12/10/2005 6:40:16 PM PST by stm
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To: xcamel
My Dear Husband will never forget Ft. Drum.

He did Army Reserve summer camp there one year. They had a real blizzard the first week - six inches of snow on his jeep, which fortunately he and his driver had covered with a "borrowed" tarp the night before. The second week, they had Category Four heat conditions. They went to Montreal one evening and wound up in a gay leather bar. And somebody threw a grenade simulator under the evaluator's jeep.

All in all, an interesting two week stay in scenic Ft. Drum.

13 posted on 12/10/2005 6:42:10 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


14 posted on 12/10/2005 6:45:56 PM PST by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating heart)
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To: xcamel

bump


15 posted on 12/10/2005 6:48:40 PM PST by VOA
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To: stm
I guess this area is now off limits for training. Before you know it 10th MTN will be looking for a new place to live.

It's always something -- inside the "pink zone" on the Range Control map of the Ft. Drum impact area there is a small "no fire area" about 100m square -- it is an Italian Navy cemetery from WW2 when "Pine Camp" (as Drum was known then) was a POW compound. Location from memory follows: From MP6: Az 5000m, Rg 2500M.

I understand that a delegation used to (and still may) lay wreaths there annually on Italian Memorial Day. Any Freepers know more about this? Those poor swabs ought to be dug up and moved somewhere sunny.

16 posted on 12/10/2005 6:54:22 PM PST by Snickersnee (Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?)
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To: Pharmboy
Excellent post.

Indeed! Thanks for the post.

17 posted on 12/10/2005 7:01:50 PM PST by aculeus
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To: xcamel

Climb to Glory!


18 posted on 12/10/2005 7:53:03 PM PST by MountainDad
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To: Snickersnee

btt


19 posted on 12/10/2005 7:56:32 PM PST by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Pharmboy
Thanks Pharmboy.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.
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20 posted on 12/10/2005 8:38:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated my FR profile on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.)
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