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 Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:23 pm |
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Listeros,
A 1,100 year old 45 foot canoe constructed by the Weeden Island
culture of Florida has worked its way to the surface. It was carved
from a single pine tree and was used to paddle over the open waters of
the bay for long distance trade. This is the first Pre-Columbian sea
going vessel uncovered in Florida.
The canoe will eventually be excavated and chemically preserved and
until then, it sits in an undisclosed location beneath a layer of muck
shoveled onto it to preserve it for now.
MSNBC has the story here;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24468049/
Mike Ruggeri's Mississippians and Mound Builders including the Adena
and Hopewell
http://tinyurl.com/276d8z |
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