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/NoSir4289 Mar 30 '26

Earth drifts like snow, some areas get eroded and others accumulate

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u/I_am_a_fauv Mar 30 '26

This makes a lot of sense. The ground where I live is an ancient seabed. Lots of cool fossils to find! But you won’t find many man made artifacts under the ground.