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Snowbrushy Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 6670 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
Monday, June 22, 2009
Ancient Stone Tools Discovered at Construction Site in Washington
AP. EVERETT, Wash. — A construction site in Snohomish County has turned into an archaeological dig that is turning up spear points and arrowheads nearly 9,000 years old.
State historic preservation officer Allyson Brooks told The Herald of Everett it's one of the most significant sites in the states.
A survey for a housing development in 2007 uncovered stone tools. A few small test digs found even more. Now the developer is working with county, tribal, state and federal authorities to protect the land.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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Gsnorgathon Mile-per-hour club
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 129 | TRs | Pics
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Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:17 pm
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Any idea as to just where in Snohomish county the site is? Even approximately? I understand they might not be anxious for the precise location to be widely known. (As with the similarly ancient site near Cascade Pass.)
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Jake Member
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 257 | TRs | Pics Location: monroe, Wa. |
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:28 am
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Jimbo Member
Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1558 | TRs | Pics Location: Arlington |
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:34 am
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My budy's land is next door.
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians
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AR 724
Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 1514 | TRs | Pics Location: Saratoga Passage |
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:53 am
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Jimbo wrote: | My budy's land is next door. |
Ooo...not good. You mean that used to be his land.
...wait...are we just going to hang here or go hiking?
...wait...are we just going to hang here or go hiking?
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jimbospl Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 2 | TRs | Pics Location: Mukilteo WA |
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:11 pm
old points
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Is there any followup on this - are the relics on display? Is the site somewhere you can visit?
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Snowbrushy Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 6670 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
It would be fun to know the general area. On the sound, rivers, or foothills. Otherwise, just follow the elephant bones you'll find it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_mammoth
In 1998, the Washington State Legislature approved the Columbian Mammoth as the State Fossil.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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polecatjoe Silent but deadly
Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 1725 | TRs | Pics Location: The Forests of Lynnwood |
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Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:24 am
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There was a portage between the Pilchuck and Stillaguamish rivers, near Granite Falls. The artifacts may be from a village located near the portage.
"If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged." - Virginia Woolf
"If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be depressed, I've no doubt; but already should be faded, fatalistic and aged." - Virginia Woolf
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