Perhaps one of the most controversial finds in the Midden was also one of the most intellectually intriguing. Longer than our bodies and almost waist high, it was formed seamlessly of metal, indicating methods of fabrication more sophisticated than merely rolling or bending. We weren’t used to seen monolithic metal pieces of that size and [...]
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Chapter Twenty-Six
It might be debated which of the Midden finds was the most useful, but At would immediately nominate one that is hard to argue against. It was embedded in an extremely odd conglomerate of white-painted metal and black composite. The composite had been cracked, which led me to realize it was far inferior to our [...]
Chapter Twenty-Four
I didn’t need the drawings to tell me that the tree had become a bustling buzz of activity: I could see that from the ground. The depictions one sees nowadays of the first Oak colony are often fanciful, and what many now consider charming and quaint I thought of as primitive, rustic and “shipwreck architecture.” [...]