Fires Often Reveal Historical Treasures

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DESCANSO, Calif. - An oak tree was still burning nearby when Margaret Hangan made her way across a wildfire-scorched landscape and spotted, to her delight, a set of flat-topped granite boulders that served as kitchen counters in an ancient village 2,000 years ago.

In the rocks were manmade oval depressions in which acorns were ground into flour.

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Fires Often Reveal Historical Treasures

"This place was happening," said Ms. Hangan, a U.S. Forest Service archaeologist. "They ha...

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