[Aztlan] 1, 100 YEAR OLD WEEDEN ISLAND CULTURE SEA GOING CANOE UNCOVERED NEAR TAMPA BAY

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

A 1,100 year old 45 foot canoe constructed by the Weeden Island  
culture of Florida has worked its way to the surface. It was carved  
from a single pine tree and was used to paddle over the open waters  
of the bay for long distance trade. This is the first Pre-Columbian  
sea going vessel uncovered in Florida.

The canoe will eventually be excavated and chemically preserved and  
until then, it sits in an undisclosed location beneath a layer of  
muck shoveled onto it to preserve it for now.

MSNBC has the story here;
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24468049/


Mike Ruggeri's Mississippians and Mound Builders including the Adena  
and Hopewell
http://tinyurl.com/276d8z