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http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/02/t_t/
old.south.dig/index.html
Bonanza of ice-age artifacts
redefine America's pre-history
July 2, 1999
ALLENDALE, South Carolina (CNN) -- A virtual gold mine of
ice-age artifacts recently found on the banks of the
Savannah River in South Carolina is forcing archeologists
to revise theories for how and when humans first migrated
to North America.
Al Goodyear with the University of South Carolina oversaw the
dig, which involved dozens of volunteers and scientists.
"I think what is tantalizing about this site is we may have
different cultures coming into the New World that we didn't
even know about," he says.
From the artifacts uncovered at this site, such as crude
stone tools, archeologists say it is reasonable to believe
that humans could have lived in the area anywhere from
15,000 to 20,000 years ago.
That time frame defies the long-held "Clovis" theory that
humans only reached the New World on a land path from Asia.
Now there is stronger ammunition that others may have
come from Southeast Asia or Europe, much earlier than
11,000-year-old artifacts found in Clovis, New Mexico,
suggest.
"This is an extremely important New World site in deciphering
when people came to North America," Goodyear says.
Digs in Monte Verde, Chile; West Virginia, Virginia;
Pennsylvania and now South Carolina all suggest cultures
older than 12,000 years.
"This is so far the star of the show, what we refer to
as a measuring pit microblade," says Dennis Stanford,
a Smithsonian Institution anthropologist.
Sean Maroney is a graduate student who worked on the dig.
"The discoveries are not as sexy as human bones or animal
skulls," says Maroney. "But they do provide insight about
our tough-as-nails ancestors."
Maroney showed a stick with a rock mounted on it. "Arm
yourself with a stick and a rock on it and think about
going after an African elephant," he says. "It's gonna give
you a real appreciation for what these people did and how
they had to survive."
Goodyear and his colleagues have worked on this site since
1983, but this year's discoveries could pay off with a
re-writing of history.
Correspondent Marsha Walton contributed to this report.
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RELATED SITES:
Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/
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