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The '''Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District''' in [[Mower County, Minnesota]] is a 170-acre [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1994.<ref name=nris/> The principal site within the District is The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry (21MW8). The original quarry was recorded as being 170 acres, now mostly under land plowed or developed, but a pristine 8-acre remnant of the original quarry still exists in a small woods. That portion of the site is being developed for public access with a self-guided walking tour by the [[Prairie Island Indian Community]] and the [http://www.mowercountyhistory.org/ Mower County Historical Society].<ref name=mchs>{{cite web|url=http://www.mowercountyhistory.org/chertmine.html |title=The Grand Meadow Chert Mine |publisher=Mower County Historical Society |accessdate=April 25, 2019}}</ref>
The '''Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District''' in [[Mower County, Minnesota]] is a 170-acre [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1994.<ref name=nris/> The principal site within the District is The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry (21MW8). The original quarry was recorded as being 170 acres, now mostly under land plowed or developed, but a pristine 8-acre remnant of the original quarry still exists in a small woods. That portion of the site is being developed for public access with a self-guided walking tour by the [[Prairie Island Indian Community]] and the [http://www.mowercountyhistory.org/ Mower County Historical Society]. <ref name=mchs>{{cite web|url=http://www.mowercountyhistory.org/chertmine.html |title=The Grand Meadow Chert Mine |publisher=Mower County Historical Society |accessdate=April 25, 2019}}</ref>


The chert quarry, first identified by Grand Meadow resident Maynard Green, was an Indigenous open-pit mine with perhaps as many as two thousand pits that were dug using handheld tools. These pits were dug in order to extract nodules of "Grand Meadow Chert," a stone used by Native Americans to make many everyday tools, including spear points, arrowheads, drills, knives and hide scrapers. The earliest known use of Grand Meadow Chert is from a bison kill near Granite Falls (21YM47), in a context that was C-14 dated to 7700-8000 B.P.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Trow|first=Tom|last2=Wendt|first2=Dan|date=2020|title=The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry|url=http://mowercountyhistory.org/The%20Grand%20Meadow%20Chert%20QuarryCorrected%20CopyArticle1.pdf|journal=The Minnesota Archaeologist|volume=77|pages=87|via=Mower County Historical Society}}</ref> This microcrystalline tool stone can range in color from olive gray to light yellow gray to very light gray.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wendt|first=Dan|last2=Trow|first2=Tom|date=2020|title=Grand Meadow Chert: A Distinctive and High-Quality Chert in Southeastern Minnesota.|url=http://mowercountyhistory.org/MnArch_Vol77_MCHS_WendtTrow%20Distinctive.pdf|journal=The Minnesota Archaeologist|volume=77|pages=113|via=Mower County Historical Society}}</ref> This quarry is the only known culturally utilized source for Grand Meadow Chert, which has been found at archaeological sites in 52 counties in Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-10|title=Mower County Historical Society receives large grant for archaeological site|url=https://www.myaustinminnesota.com/mower-county-historical-society-receives-large-grant-for-archaeological-site/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=My Austin Minnesota|language=en-US}}</ref>
The chert quarry, first identified by Grand Meadow resident Maynard Green, was an Indigenous open-pit mine with perhaps as many as two thousand pits that were dug using handheld tools. These pits were dug in order to extract nodules of "Grand Meadow Chert," a stone used by Native Americans to make many everyday tools, including spear points, arrowheads, drills, knives and hide scrapers. The earliest known use of Grand Meadow Chert is from a bison kill near Granite Falls (21YM47), in a context that was C-14 dated to 7700-8000 B.P.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Trow|first=Tom|last2=Wendt|first2=Dan|date=2020|title=The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry|url=http://mowercountyhistory.org/The%20Grand%20Meadow%20Chert%20QuarryCorrected%20CopyArticle1.pdf|journal=The Minnesota Archaeologist|volume=77|pages=87|via=Mower County Historical Society}}</ref> This microcrystalline tool stone can range in color from olive gray to light yellow gray to very light gray.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wendt|first=Dan|last2=Trow|first2=Tom|date=2020|title=Grand Meadow Chert: A Distinctive and High-Quality Chert in Southeastern Minnesota.|url=http://mowercountyhistory.org/MnArch_Vol77_MCHS_WendtTrow%20Distinctive.pdf|journal=The Minnesota Archaeologist|volume=77|pages=113|via=Mower County Historical Society}}</ref> This quarry is the only known culturally utilized source for Grand Meadow Chert, which has been found at archaeological sites in 52 counties in Minnesota.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-10|title=Mower County Historical Society receives large grant for archaeological site|url=https://www.myaustinminnesota.com/mower-county-historical-society-receives-large-grant-for-archaeological-site/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=My Austin Minnesota|language=en-US}}</ref>

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Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District
Nearest cityGrand Meadow, Minnesota
Area170 acres (69 ha)
NRHP reference No.94000345[1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 1994

The Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District in Mower County, Minnesota is a 170-acre historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] The principal site within the District is The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry (21MW8). The original quarry was recorded as being 170 acres, now mostly under land plowed or developed, but a pristine 8-acre remnant of the original quarry still exists in a small woods. That portion of the site is being developed for public access with a self-guided walking tour by the Prairie Island Indian Community and the Mower County Historical Society. [2]

The chert quarry, first identified by Grand Meadow resident Maynard Green, was an Indigenous open-pit mine with perhaps as many as two thousand pits that were dug using handheld tools. These pits were dug in order to extract nodules of "Grand Meadow Chert," a stone used by Native Americans to make many everyday tools, including spear points, arrowheads, drills, knives and hide scrapers. The earliest known use of Grand Meadow Chert is from a bison kill near Granite Falls (21YM47), in a context that was C-14 dated to 7700-8000 B.P.[3] This microcrystalline tool stone can range in color from olive gray to light yellow gray to very light gray.[4] This quarry is the only known culturally utilized source for Grand Meadow Chert, which has been found at archaeological sites in 52 counties in Minnesota.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Grand Meadow Chert Mine". Mower County Historical Society. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Trow, Tom; Wendt, Dan (2020). "The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry" (PDF). The Minnesota Archaeologist. 77: 87 – via Mower County Historical Society.
  4. ^ Wendt, Dan; Trow, Tom (2020). "Grand Meadow Chert: A Distinctive and High-Quality Chert in Southeastern Minnesota" (PDF). The Minnesota Archaeologist. 77: 113 – via Mower County Historical Society.
  5. ^ "Mower County Historical Society receives large grant for archaeological site". My Austin Minnesota. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
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