These stones beneath Lake Michigan are arranged in a circle and believed to be nearly 10,000 years old. Divers also found a picture of a mastodon carved into one of the stones
I am surprised as a Michigander that this wasn't more widely known/talked about. I realize it is only a few years old, but this is the first I'm hearing of it.
Edit: To clarify, I know full well that this is 10,000 years old. I was talking about the rediscovery of it being relatively recent. Although I do admit even the rediscovery is apparently older than I thought.
It should be clearly understood that this is not a megalith site like Stonehenge.... The site in Grand Traverse Bay is best described as a long line of stones which is over a mile in length... Dr. John O’Shea from University of Michigan has been working on a broadly similar structure over in Lake Huron. He has received a NSF grant to research his site and thinks that it may be a prehistoric drive line for herding caribou.
fish_whisperer on April 24th, 2019 at 19:40 UTC »
This is amazing. I need more information on this. What’s the original source?
Paradoxataur42 on April 24th, 2019 at 19:44 UTC »
I am surprised as a Michigander that this wasn't more widely known/talked about. I realize it is only a few years old, but this is the first I'm hearing of it.
Edit: To clarify, I know full well that this is 10,000 years old. I was talking about the rediscovery of it being relatively recent. Although I do admit even the rediscovery is apparently older than I thought.
herpderpedian on April 24th, 2019 at 22:14 UTC »
The researcher who made the discovery (Dr Mark Holley, Underwater Archaeologist) has some info here: https://holleyarchaeology.com/wordpress/index.php/the-truth-about-the-stonehenge-in-lake-michigan/