Alpena–Amberley Ridge: Underwater Hype Machine

So apparently a pile of rocks under Lake Huron is the Ice Age equivalent of the Super Bowl. We’re told Paleoindians built “drive lanes,” hunted caribou like pros, and somehow had a supply chain reaching Yellowstone. All this… from a handful of stone flakes and two specks of obsidian smaller than a pinky nail.

The ridge is real. But the story? That’s where things get murky. A strip of rock under Lake Huron has been transformed into a stage for Ice Age epics — caribou herds funneled like cattle, hunters building blinds, obsidian carried thousands of miles. Yet the hard evidence amounts to a handful of flakes and some suggestive stone piles. The geology is solid; the narrative may be built on sand.

Glacial rubble can look like stone walls. Herd behavior models are guesswork. And let’s be honest — two flakes of obsidian don’t scream continental trade network. They scream grant proposal material.

Yes, the ridge is real. Yes, it was dry land. But the rest? Could be hype, could be hope, could be a sales pitch to keep the NOAA Federal funds flowing like water.  Until we see actual meat on the bone — tools, camps, something beyond sonar squiggles and wishful thinking — maybe stop calling it America’s underwater Stonehenge.

Sometimes archaeology is discovery. Sometimes it’s just fishing for headlines. Right now, Alpena–Amberley Ridge smells a lot like the latter.

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