archeology

However, a new study led by Dartmouth researchers has revealed strong evidence that ancestral Native American communities once practiced intensive agriculture at the Sixty Islands archaeological site along the Menominee River. This discovery identifies the area as the most complete ancient farming site found in the eastern United States.

The site contains an extensive network of raised ridge fields dating from roughly the 10th century to around 1600, many of which remain well preserved today. These ridged garden beds, measuring between 4 and 12 inches tall, were cultivated by the ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to grow corn, beans, squash, and other crops.

So cool!