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Monthly Archives: June 2020
Native Americans Along the Creek
Last week’s post described some “treasures” that our grandkids have discovered in the pasture down along Kanaranzi Creek. Some of the artifacts and bones that they found near circular vegetation patches seemed to warrant input from professional archaeologists. That input … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Science, Farm History
Tagged artifacts, Dakotah, geophysical anomalies, glacial geology, Great Oasis
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Artifacts, Bones, and Cache Pits
For six generations, the children in our family have looked for adventure down in the pasture along Kanaranzi Creek. And, they’ve found it: fishing and hunting, building rafts and shacks, picking up unique rocks and shells, and picking wild plums … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Science, Farm History
Tagged arrowheads, buffalo bones, cache pits, role model
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Channel Bank Erosion
The Kanaranzi Creek has had sustained flows at high water levels over much of the past two years. As a result, very active erosion has exposed a whole variety of features. This is a view of the high channel bank … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Science
Tagged alluvium, boulder, cache pit, erosion, glacial gravel, stream channel
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