Ancient Wisconsin
Kenosha - Earliest Evidence of Man
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In the search of ancient man in the Americas, no find is more important
than the one made by David Wasion in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Wasion was
a construction worker whose avocation is field archaeology. In 1990, he
was working for the Kenosha Public Museum when he mentioned some
possibilities to staff archaeologist, Dan Joyce. The nearby Kenosha
County Historical Museum was in the process of major staff changes
and was conducting a full inventory of its holdings. Wasion had heard
stories of mammoth bones being found at various sites around Kenosha
going back to the 1920s, but no one knew what had happened to the
bones.
Wasion poured over old newspaper clippings and documents at the
Historical Museum, but the inventory showed no such mammoth bones.
Finally he got a phone call from a staff member: “We've just come
across a big wooden box, a crate, in the basement, and it has some bone
in it. Do you want to go take a look?"
In the dusty basement, Wasion lifted the top of the crate to see bones
from known Kenosha sites: Mud Lake, Fenske, and Schaefer. But
Wasion saw something he never expected: obvious cut marks that had
to be made by human hands.
Wasion immediately called Professor David Overstreet at Marquette
University in Milwaukee. Overstreet told Wasion to contact Joyce, and
the following day all three of them examined the bones. These marks
were clearly human but were not created by the machines that dug up
the bones. These were butchering marks made by ancient man.
Radiocarbon dating would later reveal that some bones were over
13,000 years old, at least two thousand years older that the supposed
Bering Straits crossing and Clovis man.
They had a sketch map from the Schaefer site and decided that is where
they would make their first attempt at finding the rest of a mammoth.
Overstreet was insistent that Wasion should be part of the dig. He knew
Wasion's skills. He had employed Wasion several times over the years
at various field sites for his company, Great Lakes Archaeology. Wasion
had earned his stripes as a young man in southern Illinois, joining an
amateur archaeology club that sometimes worked with Northwestern
University at various digs. After coming to Wisconsin, Wasion was often
the site artist for Overstreet. He even trained others in field techniques,
including college students majoring in archaeology.
But when it came to hiring Wasion under a government grant, Wasion
lacked the appropriate degree. Joyce and Wasion sat down and wrote
up Wasion's resume, including the various publications in which
Wasion's drawings and work appeared. Finally he received a title
acceptable for the grant: “Avocational Archaeologist recognized by the
state of Wisconsin.”
They began their work in the summer of 1992. In three days they hit
bone. The discovery of the Schaefer mammoth was monumental. The
bones were stacked, something no animal would do, and stone tools
were found under the pelvis, tools that could not have migrated from
areas above. While other sites claim they may be older than the Kenosha
sites, all have problems with dating. Here were cut marks directly on the
bone, and material from directly inside the bone could be carbon dated
with no threat of contamination.
While the dig continued at Schaefer, the farmer from across the street,
John Hebior, came over and stated, “Here, this is from my field,” and
handed the team more mammoth bones.
In the summer of 1994, Overstreet and Wasion unearthed the Hebior
mammoth, considered to be one of the most complete wooly mammoth
skeletons ever found in the Americas. Castings were made of the bones
to make replicas of the skeleton. If your local museum had placed on
display a mammoth skeleton within the last ten years, chances are it
was made from the castings of the Hebior mammoth.
Often, when credit is given for major finds, the first person left out is the
one who lacks the advanced degree. But one name that should not be
dropped in search for ancient Americans is David Wasion.
(David is the sandy haired fellow in the above picture.)
than the one made by David Wasion in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Wasion was
a construction worker whose avocation is field archaeology. In 1990, he
was working for the Kenosha Public Museum when he mentioned some
possibilities to staff archaeologist, Dan Joyce. The nearby Kenosha
County Historical Museum was in the process of major staff changes
and was conducting a full inventory of its holdings. Wasion had heard
stories of mammoth bones being found at various sites around Kenosha
going back to the 1920s, but no one knew what had happened to the
bones.
Wasion poured over old newspaper clippings and documents at the
Historical Museum, but the inventory showed no such mammoth bones.
Finally he got a phone call from a staff member: “We've just come
across a big wooden box, a crate, in the basement, and it has some bone
in it. Do you want to go take a look?"
In the dusty basement, Wasion lifted the top of the crate to see bones
from known Kenosha sites: Mud Lake, Fenske, and Schaefer. But
Wasion saw something he never expected: obvious cut marks that had
to be made by human hands.
Wasion immediately called Professor David Overstreet at Marquette
University in Milwaukee. Overstreet told Wasion to contact Joyce, and
the following day all three of them examined the bones. These marks
were clearly human but were not created by the machines that dug up
the bones. These were butchering marks made by ancient man.
Radiocarbon dating would later reveal that some bones were over
13,000 years old, at least two thousand years older that the supposed
Bering Straits crossing and Clovis man.
They had a sketch map from the Schaefer site and decided that is where
they would make their first attempt at finding the rest of a mammoth.
Overstreet was insistent that Wasion should be part of the dig. He knew
Wasion's skills. He had employed Wasion several times over the years
at various field sites for his company, Great Lakes Archaeology. Wasion
had earned his stripes as a young man in southern Illinois, joining an
amateur archaeology club that sometimes worked with Northwestern
University at various digs. After coming to Wisconsin, Wasion was often
the site artist for Overstreet. He even trained others in field techniques,
including college students majoring in archaeology.
But when it came to hiring Wasion under a government grant, Wasion
lacked the appropriate degree. Joyce and Wasion sat down and wrote
up Wasion's resume, including the various publications in which
Wasion's drawings and work appeared. Finally he received a title
acceptable for the grant: “Avocational Archaeologist recognized by the
state of Wisconsin.”
They began their work in the summer of 1992. In three days they hit
bone. The discovery of the Schaefer mammoth was monumental. The
bones were stacked, something no animal would do, and stone tools
were found under the pelvis, tools that could not have migrated from
areas above. While other sites claim they may be older than the Kenosha
sites, all have problems with dating. Here were cut marks directly on the
bone, and material from directly inside the bone could be carbon dated
with no threat of contamination.
While the dig continued at Schaefer, the farmer from across the street,
John Hebior, came over and stated, “Here, this is from my field,” and
handed the team more mammoth bones.
In the summer of 1994, Overstreet and Wasion unearthed the Hebior
mammoth, considered to be one of the most complete wooly mammoth
skeletons ever found in the Americas. Castings were made of the bones
to make replicas of the skeleton. If your local museum had placed on
display a mammoth skeleton within the last ten years, chances are it
was made from the castings of the Hebior mammoth.
Often, when credit is given for major finds, the first person left out is the
one who lacks the advanced degree. But one name that should not be
dropped in search for ancient Americans is David Wasion.
(David is the sandy haired fellow in the above picture.)
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Tour is an experience of a
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dimensional and time
jumping- connecting to the
spirit world -Hidden Worlds
and Fairy Kingdoms... There
is nothing in the world that
compares to the 'Haunted
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