Thursday, March 01, 2018

Underwater archaelogy

"Archaeologists have uncovered a Native American burial site dating back 7,000 years off the coast of Florida."

I've been hoping to hear of such things for a long time, but didn't think them likely. Stand on the seashore and watch the waves, and then come back the next day and see how wave action tore things up. But apparently this site was in a peat pond, and was buried naturally before the ocean levels rose, and so was partly protected from the breakers.

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