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A Diver Volunteered to Clean Up Trash From a Wisconsin Lake. He Discovered a 1,000-Year-Old Dugout Canoe at the Bottom Instead (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Now, experts with the Wisconsin Historical Society have determined that the vessel is a roughly 1,000-year-old dugout canoe, likely handcrafted and used by Indigenous communities in the late 10th or early 11th century.

Likely? What's the alternative? Milled on a steam-powered machine with a template by German immigrants, because you never can be really sure with these things?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It may be literal hand carving they are referring to, like using some kind of axe or other tool.

    I think there is another method where you just keep dumping coals on a log and it slowly burns away what you wanted hollowed out. Technically that is still hand crafted, but not so much hand use.

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