New Owners Acquire Ice Age Discovery in Wisconsin
The Cardy family of Door County has a lot to be proud of -- not only because their property dates back generations but because on that property are artifacts older than the Egyptian pyramids.
On Wednesday, one of Wisconsin's most significant archeological finds came under new ownership.
Archaeologists call the Cardy Camp on the southeastern edge of Sturgeon Bay the most important archaeological site of its era in Wisconsin.
Scientists say it was a hunting camp on the edge of a glacier at the end of the last Ice Age. Spear points, other stone tools, and the remains of a fire pit of a paleo-Indian culture have been discovered.
The artifacts date back 11,000 years.
"This was seven thousand years before (the pyramids), so we're quite excited about this discovery," Darrel Cardy said.
The Cardy family, who owns the property, will transfer ownership to the non-profit Archaeological Conservancy, which will continue to preserve and restore the find.
They're priceless items Cardy didn't think of when he collected them as a kid.
"As we were picking up the stones, occasionally we'd find an arrowhead at home, and we never thought a great deal about it," he said.
But years later he would come to find those arrowheads were actually a pretty rare find.
"This was a site, frankly, it was not supposed to be here. It was considered way too old for the landscape it was on. Many people didn't believe it existed," archaeologist David Overstreet said....
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On Wednesday, one of Wisconsin's most significant archeological finds came under new ownership.
Archaeologists call the Cardy Camp on the southeastern edge of Sturgeon Bay the most important archaeological site of its era in Wisconsin.
Scientists say it was a hunting camp on the edge of a glacier at the end of the last Ice Age. Spear points, other stone tools, and the remains of a fire pit of a paleo-Indian culture have been discovered.
The artifacts date back 11,000 years.
"This was seven thousand years before (the pyramids), so we're quite excited about this discovery," Darrel Cardy said.
The Cardy family, who owns the property, will transfer ownership to the non-profit Archaeological Conservancy, which will continue to preserve and restore the find.
They're priceless items Cardy didn't think of when he collected them as a kid.
"As we were picking up the stones, occasionally we'd find an arrowhead at home, and we never thought a great deal about it," he said.
But years later he would come to find those arrowheads were actually a pretty rare find.
"This was a site, frankly, it was not supposed to be here. It was considered way too old for the landscape it was on. Many people didn't believe it existed," archaeologist David Overstreet said....