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4 days ago · The 4,500-year-old canoe is the oldest of its kind ever found in the Great Lakes region. A 3,000-year-old dugout canoe recovered from Lake Mendota in 2022 undergoes a 3D scan. At least 10 Native ...
3 days ago · This discovery, which began with the identification of two canoes in 2021 and 2022, has now expanded to at least ten, potentially eleven, canoes dating from various periods over the last 4,500 years. The initial discovery was made by Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society, who found a partially obscured ...
5 days ago · Researchers now believe there are the remains of at least 10 canoes at the site, and possibly 11. Radiocarbon dating results indicated the oldest canoe in the Lake Mendota cache is approximately 4,500 years old—making it the oldest dugout canoe now recorded in the Great Lakes. “It is an honor for our team to work alongside the Native ...
5 days ago · Archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society recently made a fascinating discovery at the bottom of Lake Mendota: as many as 11 ancient canoes submerged beneath the lake’s surface. The oldest dugout canoe is estimated to be around 4,500 years old, offering significant new insight into the lives of ancient Native peoples in North America.
4 days ago · The canoes were found in Lake Mendota, which is located outside of Madison. The Wisconsin Historical Society explained that two ancient canoes were found in a cache in the lake in 2021 and 2022.
4 days ago · Both canoes were carved from a single tree, with the first canoe dating to 1,200-years-ago, and the second dating from 3,000-years ago. Ongoing studies in the vicinity of where both canoes were recovered has revealed a cache of at least ten canoes, and possibly 11 pending further analysis of wood fragments (this grouping includes the two previous recovered canoes).
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5 days ago · The canoes were found in Lake Mendota, which is located outside of Madison. The Wisconsin Historical Society explained that two ancient canoes were found in a cache in the lake in 2021 and 2022. Since then, historians have found at least 11 other ancient canoes, along what they believe was an ancient shoreline that became submerged over time.
