Ancient Caribou hunting site found underneath Lake Huron

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[BenLurkin]

An elaborate array of linear stone lanes and V-shaped structures has been discovered on an underwater ridge in Lake Huron, marking what is thought to be the most complex set of ancient hunting structures ever found beneath the Great Lakes, according to a new report.

Researchers based at the University of Michigan think the roughly 9,000-year-old-structure helped natives corral caribou herds migrating across what was then an exposed land-corridor the so-called Alpena-Amberley Ridge connecting northeast Michigan to southern Ontario. The area is now covered by 120 feet of water, but at the time, was exposed due to dry conditions of the last ice age.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 4/29/2014. Thanks BenLurkin.

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[grey_whiskers]

This is almost as good as the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo jump in Alberta, Canada (A World Heritage Site).