Sierra Nevada: Stone basins may be Miwok salt "factory"

[kit-kit]

Heard about this on the radio, fascinating!!

The newspaper story link has photos...

Stone basins may be Miwok salt 'factory' (https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/30/MN571AV6P0.DTL&type=printable)

[geomancer]

The USGS report on the basins is available online at:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5225/sir2009-5225.pdf

The document is 28 mb, so you'll need a fast connection. There are lots of photos, maps and figures.

Richard



Heard about this on the radio, fascinating!!

The newspaper story link has photos...

Stone basins may be Miwok salt 'factory' (https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/30/MN571AV6P0.DTL&type=printable)