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Environmental archaeology pinpoints when rats first arrived in Minnesota
Original: How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology
A Minnesota writer describes using environmental archaeology methods to determine when rats first arrived in the state. The account details how analyzing historical environmental evidence allowed an accidental pinpointing of the rodents' introduction, shedding light on how non-native species establish themselves in new regions and what that reveals about early settlement and trade patterns.
Why now: It is an unusual, novel finding about when an invasive species reached Minnesota.
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- How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology · racketmn.com
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