bottlebugs
Well-Known Member
Growing up in Dakota Territory I dug through five distinct levels to bedrock.
The top or first level had dirt and turf. Tons of tin cans and broken bottles and jars. Dumps were not as old as out east.
The second level was just below the turf and contained older items buried and mostly intact. Smaller jars and bottles mostly. No cans or metal as they had been corroded away. Sometimes I'd find a clay pipe or beads.
The third level had arrow heads, pottery shards and signs of early civilization.
There was mostly sand in the fourth level, but as I approached bedrock, some ancient bones appeared. I suspect the equally ancient civilizations buried their trash and remains just like we do. Six feet under!
Just before bedrock in the fifth level it gets interesting. Fossils of all shapes and size appear. Bigger ones on top, fused with smaller and more primitive ones on the bottom.
The top or first level had dirt and turf. Tons of tin cans and broken bottles and jars. Dumps were not as old as out east.
The second level was just below the turf and contained older items buried and mostly intact. Smaller jars and bottles mostly. No cans or metal as they had been corroded away. Sometimes I'd find a clay pipe or beads.
The third level had arrow heads, pottery shards and signs of early civilization.
There was mostly sand in the fourth level, but as I approached bedrock, some ancient bones appeared. I suspect the equally ancient civilizations buried their trash and remains just like we do. Six feet under!
Just before bedrock in the fifth level it gets interesting. Fossils of all shapes and size appear. Bigger ones on top, fused with smaller and more primitive ones on the bottom.
