Topic ID #16527 - posted 2/20/2012 5:28 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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Blimp helps Univ of Oregon document Native American medicine wheels
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Blimp helps UO document medicine wheels in Oregon
By the University of Oregon Published: Feb 15, 2012 at 4:10 PM PST
Teams used balloons and blimps outfitted with digital cameras to document the medicine wheels.
EUGENE, Ore. - Efforts to document the first Native American Medicine Wheels ever reported in Oregon - led by Patrick O'Grady of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History - will be featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Field Guide" television program at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23.
O'Grady, an archaeologist with the UO archaeology field school, has been using aerial photography to document the medicine wheels, which are large circular stone formations, sometimes with spokes radiating from the center.
Researchers believe Native peoples may have used them for ceremonial or religious purposes.
Read more here.
By the University of Oregon Published: Feb 15, 2012 at 4:10 PM PST
Teams used balloons and blimps outfitted with digital cameras to document the medicine wheels.
EUGENE, Ore. - Efforts to document the first Native American Medicine Wheels ever reported in Oregon - led by Patrick O'Grady of the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History - will be featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Field Guide" television program at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23.
O'Grady, an archaeologist with the UO archaeology field school, has been using aerial photography to document the medicine wheels, which are large circular stone formations, sometimes with spokes radiating from the center.
Researchers believe Native peoples may have used them for ceremonial or religious purposes.
Read more here.
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