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Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 10:11:32 -0400
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From: Lynne Moss-Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 11,000 yr old spearhead found, Alberta
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Monday, June 7, 1999
Pre-pyramid spear head unearthed in dig near Banff
By CP
LAKE MINNEWANKA, ALTA. -- Calgary archeologists have discovered a stone
spear head,
believed to be 11,000 years old, in a dig on the sandy shores of Lake
Minnewanka near Banff.
The hunting tool is the first of its kind found undisturbed in Alberta
soil. It may also prove to be the
oldest, said archeologist and excavation leader Alison Landals.
"This site is important to all of North America," she said.
Aboriginal people dropped the spear point thousands of years before Egypt's
pyramids were built.
The point was found buried beside the remains of a prehistoric campfire.
Ashes from the fire will be
radiocarbon-dated to confirm the tool's age.
Students Matt Moors and Jill Milner found the narrow, palm-sized point in a
layer of sandy soil more
than one metre deep.
Landals suspects the treasure was left behind by a small family group,
camped around a fire during
an overnight stay near the lake.
But if more hearths and spear points emerge, it's possible the lakeshore
may have been a regularly
used hunting site. The dig has also yielded a partial skull from an extinct
bison and other stone tools.
Archeologists could be in a race against time to complete the dig as
glacial runoff fills the Lake
Minnewanka reservoir over coming weeks.
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