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From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 20:44:33 -0400
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Hi Phil,

Thanks for the clarifications. Just when I think I am a smart cookie,
I find out that I don't know jack squat. LOL

So, I wonder what the modern finders of the Winona meteorite thought
when they dug it up? Did they know it was a meteorite at first? And
what other artifacts were found in that same hole (if any)?

This makes me wonder if Winona was a witnessed fall? Would the
indians have known that Winona was special and not just another rock,
unless they had seen it fall?

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 5/24/11, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Just a few minor corrections. Hopewell and Anasazi are not names of tribes.
> They signify prehistoric traditions or cultures, not individual tribes. We
> don't know the names of prehistoric tribes because they left no written
> histories. The large earthworks built by Midwestern and Eastern prehistoric
> American Indians are not burial mounds. While some contain burials, this
> does not seem to be the primary purpose of the mounds. Archaeologists
> believe the mounds were for ceremonial and social purposes. Some have
> postulated the earthern structures were astronomical observatories. I just
> saw a documentary on the Chaco Canyon culture where they showed how all the
> buildings, kivas and towers were designed to line up on the solstices. The
> western Native Americans did not build mounds. It was the Sinagua people,
> not the Anasazi, who interred the Winona meteorite in a stone cist dug into
> the floor of a pit house.
>
> Phil "Paints With Heart" Whitmer (Coquille tribal name)
>
> __________________________________________
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I want to thank everyone who responded to the questions. :)
>
> Only one person answered both questions correctly.
>
> Here are the correct answers :
>
>
>> Question #1 - Out of all the areas of the world known for finding
>
>> meteorites, which area has yielded the most classified meteorites?
>
>
> Answer - The Yamato icefield of Antarctica. A staggering 13715
> meteorites have been found and classified on this icefield. This is
> far more than any other region on the planet. In fact, according to
> the Meteoritical Society's "List of Dense Collection Areas", 8 of the
> top 10 dense collection areas are in Antarctica.
>
> Yamato - (13715)
> NWA - (6161) - this number is undoubtedly larger and may not include
> provisional meteorites.
> Queen Alexandra Range - (3480)
> Asuka - (2527)
> Grove Mountains - (2436)
> Elephant Moraine - (2204)
> Lewis Cliff - (1960)
> Allan Hills - (1826)
> LaPaz Icefield - (1504)
> Dhofar - (1497)
> Miller Range - (1181)
>
>
>
>> Question #2 - One meteorite, above all others, is known for being
>
>> associated with Indian burial mounds. What is the name of this
>
>> meteorite, and what is the name of the tribe associated with the
>
>> mounds?
>
>
> Answer - the answer I had in mind was Brenham and the Hopewell mounds.
> However, Anne Black correctly pointed out that Winona was found in an
> Anasazi mound. This latter answer would have been acceptable also.
>
>
>
>> BONUS QUESTION (good for one extra free micromount) - Name 3
>
>> meteorites that have struck motor vehicles.
>
>
> Answer - St. Louis, Peekskill, Benld, Neagari - those are 4 that come
> to mind, there may be more.
>
> Thanks for participating!
>
> MikeG
>
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