BILLINGS (Montana) - "Using a controlled burn this spring, Havre
archaeologist Josh Chase hopes to reveal a prehistoric site along the Milk
River that contains large rock effigies resembling a turtle and a human figure.
“It’s not something you run into every day,” said Chase, who
works for the Bureau of Land Management. “It’s been identified as being unique
for a really long time.”
The 800-acre site is protected as an area of critical
environmental concern because of its historic value. Chase said within the
larger area are the 300 acres where the majority of the artifacts are located —
drive lines to herd bison off a cliff, teepee rings, rock cairns and the large
figures that are “reminiscent of religiously significant” creations like
medicine wheels.
“They are some pretty significant rocks, too — several
hundred pounds,” Chase said. “It was a concentrated effort to make the
features.”"
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