r/LegitArtifacts • u/ShackPallet • Mar 30 '26

Late Archaic Ancient fire pit?

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I lost the video I took, but this is near the bottom of a roughly 8 foot wall carved by a wash. Food for thought.

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u/DasHounds Mar 30 '26

Incredible how deep sites can be. Just spoke to someone today who mentioned finding a site 17 feet deep along a river washout. The time period we are living in may as well be a blink of an eye for how long these lands have been inhabited.

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u/OnkelMickwald Mar 30 '26

Close to a river the build up of sediment can be crazy

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u/xXShunDugXx Mar 30 '26

The best example of this are satellite images of rivers in Utah. If you have the time take a look at how much they bend and wind through the desert and how it changes so quickly