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Historical Event in Cross Lake

By Kevin Brownlee | Published: June 16, 2010

I recently returned from the community of Cross Lake with a great experience I want to share. We experimented with cooking a meal inside a replica clay pot over a campfire. It wasn’t until we were cooking that we realized that it has probably been over 300 years since a meal was cooked inside a clay pot in northern Manitoba. The pot was made by Grant Goltz (Minnesota) copying one…

Posted in Archaeology, News, Research | Also tagged Archaeology, Boreal Forest, Experimental Archaeology, First Nations, Manitoba, Pottery | Comments closed

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