A second ancient canoe is found in Wisconsin -- this time tracing back to 1000 B.C. [View all]
Tamara Thomsen was giving a scuba diving lesson in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota when she noticed a piece of wood peeking out of the sand. Her student didn't think much of it but Thomsen, who is a maritime archaeologist by trade, knew exactly what it was.
"This is not a joke. I found another dugout canoe," she texted her boss.
The boat discovered in May was the second artifact Thomsen accidentally stumbled upon within the past year. In November 2021, Thomsen spotted a 1,200-year-old canoe while swimming in the same lake during her day off.
Archaeologists from the Wisconsin Historical Society — where Thomsen works — determined that the most recent find is even older — about 3,000 years old, the group announced on Thursday.
Thomsen said that when the radiocarbon dating results from came back, she wrote "1000 B.C." on a Post-it note and stared in disbelief.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/24/1124817721/3000-year-old-canoe-found-wisconsin
I grew up near the shores of Lake Mendota, in Madison, so this is of great interest to me
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