OSU team finds 2nd-oldest site of habitants on Oregon's coast
Discovery - Remains of a stone hearth and other evidence south of Bandon date to 10,000 years ago
Wednesday, February 01, 2006 RICHARD L. HILL
Archaeologists exploring a windy bluff on the southern Oregon coast have found evidence of people in the area about 10,000 years ago, making it the second oldest such site on the state's shoreline.
Remnants of a stone hearth, chunks of charcoal and stone flakes were discovered in the small excavation in the Bandon State Natural Area just south of Bandon.
A team led by archaeologists Roberta Hall and Loren Davis of Oregon State University reports the discovery and calls for a more complete investigation in the journal Radiocarbon. Four years ago, the team found evidence of people about 12,000 years ago -- the oldest coastal site ever found -- in Boardman State Park north of Brookings.
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Discovery - Remains of a stone hearth and other evidence south of Bandon date to 10,000 years ago
Wednesday, February 01, 2006 RICHARD L. HILL
Archaeologists exploring a windy bluff on the southern Oregon coast have found evidence of people in the area about 10,000 years ago, making it the second oldest such site on the state's shoreline.
Remnants of a stone hearth, chunks of charcoal and stone flakes were discovered in the small excavation in the Bandon State Natural Area just south of Bandon.
A team led by archaeologists Roberta Hall and Loren Davis of Oregon State University reports the discovery and calls for a more complete investigation in the journal Radiocarbon. Four years ago, the team found evidence of people about 12,000 years ago -- the oldest coastal site ever found -- in Boardman State Park north of Brookings.
Read the rest of the article HERE
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