Wisconsin rancher’s student uncovers Red Ocher artifacts
J O Beadie, longtime ag teacher, spurred a field finds culture by Wisconsin archaeology. A Jackson County discovery yielded 75 ceremonial knives near Black River Falls. Beadle recalls his own first arrowheads and warns against reckless digging while praising patient fieldwork along streams and flood plains.
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Black River Falls
Jackson County
Wisconsin collector preserves a thousand ancient artifacts
In Trempealeau County Beadle recalls hunting grounds in Perrot Park and western Wisconsin where artifacts include copper beads arrowheads ceremonial pipes and scrapers. He describes 1000 pieces from Trempealeau La Crosse Jackson Green Lake and Buffalo counties and plans to donate for education.
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Trempealeau
la Crosse
Beadle
Perrot Park
Highway 35
Wisconsin
Jackson
Green Lake
Buffalo
Grant County
Wisconsin Prehistoric Cultures Unearthed Across 15 000 Years
Wisconsin hosts a chronology of ancient peoples from Paleo to Middle Mississippians. Artifacts, copper beads, ocher blades and rare effigy mounts reveal migrations and complex lifeways from 12 000 B C to 1050 A D. Notable sites include Door County, Osceola, Trempealeau, and Aztalan near Lake Mills.
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Wisconsin
Osceola
Lake Michigan
Grant County
Aztalan
Lake Mills
Jefferson County
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Trempealeau County
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Robert E. Ritzenthaler
Door County
Winnebago County
Menominee, Mich
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