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Sifting for Clues at W.Md. Dig
Washington Post ^ | Saturday, September 11, 2004 | Mary Otto

Posted on 09/15/2004 8:46:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Radiocarbon dating of charcoal found elsewhere on this site has suggested people might have camped here and built fires by the north branch of the Potomac River, anywhere from 9,000 years ago to as much as 16,000 years ago... Some tools and bones have been found in Pennsylvania and Virginia that date well before the Clovis era, although scientists debate whether the dating is accurate.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: alleghenycounty; americas; archaeology; australia; bering; carbon14; clovis; denniscurry; dna; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; maryland; maryotto; mtdna; multiregionalism; paleontology; pennsylvania; potomacriver; preclovis; precolumbian; primates; radiocarbon; replacement; solutreans; tomdillehay; virginia
Thanks to Kingu for the cool shared password link.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

1 posted on 09/15/2004 8:46:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: kingu; blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 2Jedismom; ...
...more to come (Solutreans, PreClovis, etc).
Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest
-- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

2 posted on 09/15/2004 8:48:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: StayAt HomeMother
Thanks for sending that story link, finally got around to it.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

3 posted on 09/15/2004 8:50:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting. wre they Whigs, Bull Moose or what?


4 posted on 09/15/2004 11:37:19 AM PDT by Henchman (I hench... therefor I am!)
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To: Henchman

Only some science nerd would want to date radiocarbon anyway. ;')


5 posted on 09/15/2004 12:10:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=napalminthemorning)
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