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Excavation at the Necktie River Site
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The Necktie River Site is located in Hubbard County a few miles from an ancient canoe portage route between the Necktie River and lakes leading into the Mississippi River.
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Excavations in 1994 recovered ceramic sherds, animal bone fragments, and chipping debris from the stone tool-making activities of two Woodland cultures, Blackduck and Wanikan. Fire-cracked rock was also present.
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An abundance of Knife River flint flakes were associated with the Blackduck
pottery. Knife River flint comes only from ancient stone quarries in North
Dakota.
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Excavation unit
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Its presence in Minnesota indicates that the peoples of the Blackduck Culture had
trade networks extending for many hundreds of miles into the Northern Plains.
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