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

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

[blam]

The Farming is not 12k years old, the site is.

[joesnuffy]

They have been on digs in this area for @ 30 or 40 yrs now...
Just hope they dont declare Door County a UN antiquities site and shut it down to mere peasants who will no longer be allowed to recreate or grow cherries and apples there.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Door County is one of the most beautiful places to live in the world, period.

[Prodigal Son]

The Farming is not 12k years old, the site is.

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

[blam]

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

Okay. The human artifacts at the the site date back 12K years.

[T'wit]

Pretty early for Cheesehead migrations, but I think there were small bands of Norwegians, Poles and Finns coming into the area with their characteristic lederhosen, pasties, polka music, Usinger's brats and flagons of Schlitz. A Melanesian tribe arrived from the west also, and settled the town of Kaukauna (original pronunciation was Ka-OO-ka-OOOOO-na).

[T'wit]

Bluebirds and cherry cider.

Of course it also has all those fish boils and you never know whether they are a Saturday night delicacy or a medical condition.

[mhking]

I'm sure the buried John Deere tractor was a dead giveaway...

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[bedolido]

cows? they found diary cows?

[Publius6961]

Oh I see.

Well, the site I live on is 6 billion years old.
Evidence of gardening, however, is only like 30 years old.

Do I issue a press release?

[af_vet_rr]

The site along Wisconsin 57 in the southern part of the county may also give researchers more information on Ice Age glaciers in the bay of Green Bay.

Already there is a 30 year waiting list for pepole to view the site ;-)

[Catspaw]

Pretty early for Cheesehead migrations, but I think there were small bands of Norwegians, Poles and Finns coming into the area with their characteristic lederhosen, pasties, polka music, Usinger's brats and flagons of Schlitz. A Melanesian tribe arrived from the west also, and settled the town of Kaukauna (original pronunciation was Ka-OO-ka-OOOOO-na).

Dat area in Door County's heavily Belgian, dontcha know. Ya gots yer booyah, ya gots yer Belgian pie, an' ya gots yer Belgian sausage.

[RightWhale]

the earlier occupations date to about 9600 B.C., about 12,000 years ago, because of the style of spear points

Are the spear points Indian?

[OXENinFLA]

It came from behind the CHEDDAR CURTAIN.....

[blam]

"Are the spear points Indian?"

Probably not. There weren't any Indians here that long ago, they got here only 6,000 years ago. Must be Kennewick Man's people. (..and probably pre-Clovis like Cactus Hill and the Topper sites)

[blam]

...or, some of these prehistoric Europeans.

European DNA Found In 7-8,000 Year Old Skeleton In Florida (Windover)

[blam]

"It came from behind the CHEDDAR CURTAIN....."

Check out 9,000 year old Cheddar Man, he still has living relatives.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ciscos !

[blam]

Ping.

[T'wit]

> Dat area in Door County's heavily Belgian, dontcha know.

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.