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Testing Yields New Evidence of Human Occupation 18,000 years ago in Oregon
Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management ^ | Thursday, July 6, 2023 | (press release; Lexie Briggs, Tara Thissell

Posted on 07/16/2023 7:02:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

...In 2012, O’Grady’s team found camel teeth fragments under a layer of volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount St. Helens that was dated over 15,000 years ago. The team also uncovered two finely crafted orange agate scrapers, one in 2012 with preserved bison blood residue and another in 2015, buried deeper in the ash. Natural layering of the rockshelter sediments suggests the scrapers are older than both the volcanic ash and camel teeth.

Radiocarbon-dating analysis on the tooth enamel... yielded exciting results: a date of 18,250 years before present (14,900 radiocarbon years).

That date, in association with stone tools, suggests that Rimrock Draw Rockshelter is one of the oldest human-occupation sites in North America.

Additional testing of other camel and bison teeth fragments is currently underway, and archaeo-botanists are studying plant remains from cooking fires as well.

“The identification of 15,000-years-old volcanic ash was a shock, then Tom’s 18,000-years old dates on the enamel, with stone tools and flakes below were even more startling,” O’Grady said.

Presently, Cooper’s Ferry, another archaeological site on BLM-managed public lands in western Idaho, is thought to be the oldest known site in western North America. Evidence there suggests human occupation dating back more than 16,000 years...

These discoveries highlight the importance of good stewardship of our public lands. Damage, destruction, or removal at an archaeological site is a federal crime. Leave what you find and do not collect artifacts or otherwise harm archaeological sites on public lands.

This summer, Dr. O’Grady plans to complete the final archaeology field school at Rimrock Draw. The team will be working on several units where more Ice Age animal remains and artifacts are providing supporting evidence for the 2012 discoveries.

(Excerpt) Read more at blm.gov ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; oregon; preclovis; precolumbian; science
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To: SunkenCiv; Rennes Templar
In 2012, O’Grady’s team found camel teeth fragments under a layer of volcanic ash..

He thinks that maybe next year he'll be guessing people's weight, or barking for the Yak woman.

21 posted on 07/16/2023 7:36:13 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: SunkenCiv

Stolen land! Give it back!


22 posted on 07/16/2023 7:42:42 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: beethovenfan

“U.S. Out of of North America!” (old bumpersticker)


23 posted on 07/16/2023 7:45:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
One of my favorite prog songs, "Nimrodel" (Camel's homage to Gandalf)


24 posted on 07/16/2023 7:56:05 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Those aren’t camel bones.

They are kangaroo bones.

Ancient Americans had domesticated kangaroos.

They used them to hunt grouse.


25 posted on 07/16/2023 8:02:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yep there were and lot of other animals that no longer exist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelops


26 posted on 07/16/2023 8:13:13 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SunkenCiv

They need reparations from who took their land!!


27 posted on 07/16/2023 8:16:43 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Climate change no doubt!


28 posted on 07/16/2023 8:18:04 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The animals were not “hunted to extinction”; they and every other mega fauna worldwide died out at the same time due to a 100 year long comet fragment bombardment with burned off 4% of the Earth’s vegetation.

The bombardment was principally centered on the Laurentide Ice Sheet which left no craters in the ground below the 2 mile think ice sheet.

The only remnants are in the Carolinas and Nebraska depressions from the falling ice chunks.


29 posted on 07/16/2023 8:19:47 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: bwest

Post #8,
Internet Winner for today!!!


30 posted on 07/16/2023 8:24:42 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: blueunicorn6

Hey, when you go around hunting and eating camels, it’s bound to make you, uh, jumpy.


31 posted on 07/16/2023 8:43:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: P.O.E.

Thanks. One of the locally famous on-air jocks passed not long ago. He was massive fan of and collector of music, and when Jan Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer: Focus came out in 1985 (a sort of comeback/reunion album) the jock said Focus had been his favorite band until “the Camel album came out”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey1xUZpWM6A


32 posted on 07/16/2023 8:49:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: beethovenfan

“Stolen land! Give it back!”

LOL...spot-on!!


33 posted on 07/16/2023 8:55:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; SunkenCiv
***Were there any native camels in North America at the time?***

The only evidence that I found is that they invented Camel cigarettes...

34 posted on 07/16/2023 8:59:07 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: ealgeone

Yep, they DO blame the extinction of the camels in North America on climate change. It warmed up after the last glacial period.


35 posted on 07/16/2023 9:00:59 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ComputerGuy

Using safety cones and a couple sawhorses was a great advancement.


36 posted on 07/16/2023 9:11:15 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: SunkenCiv

Not too many humans left in Oregon...mostly democrats.


37 posted on 07/16/2023 9:11:40 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: CopperTop

Archelogy writings hardly ever show images. Strange.


38 posted on 07/16/2023 9:25:14 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes. There would have been mastodon in this area, as well.


39 posted on 07/16/2023 9:49:48 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: CopperTop

Carnelian? That would be pretty cool.


40 posted on 07/16/2023 9:51:57 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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