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The Spirit Cave mummy is the oldest human mummy found in North America. [1] [2] [3] It was discovered in 1940 in Spirit Cave, [4] 13 miles (21 km) east [5] of Fallon, Nevada, United States, by the husband-and-wife archaeological team of Sydney and Georgia Wheeler.
[2]: 1 While diverting the river stream, in order to allow proper excavation and recovery, a medial fragment of a projectile point was discovered. [2]: 1 The discovery of this human artifact in proximity to the mammoth remains warranted a more thorough and extensive excavation than originally anticipated. Initially the Domebo site was ...
Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Turkana Lake in Kenya.It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology. An archaeological team from Stony Brook University in the United States discovered traces of Lomekwi by chance in July 2011, and made substantial progress four years after in-depth excavations.
Archaeologists uncovered a 480-year-old gun in Arizona. It’s now considered the oldest firearm ever found within the continental United States.
A variety of bifacial points were found at this level, which dates to approximately 10,230 ± 80 cal yr B.P, including lanceolate points with convex to straight bases, along with graver spurs, quartz pebble choppers and hammers. [4] The mammoth artifacts found in the Latest Pleistocene zone date to approximately 14,000 cal yr B.P.
The oldest dating from this site comes from a piece of charcoal dated to 13,000 BP, a date that has been debated by some archaeologists. [ 9 ] Lithic artefacts from the cave are classified as part of the Western Stemmed Tradition , which was widespread across the Intermountain West during the latest Pleistocene-early Holocene.
The site, named for Henry Gault, the land's owner during the early 20th century, has produced almost 3 million artifacts during professional excavations and, sadly, decades of amateur digging that ...
The oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States is an elaborate display of wealth — an intricately carved slab of black limestone initially laid in the floor of the second church of ...