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10,000-year-old stone tools unearthed in Redmond dig
The project started off as nothing special — just a standard archaeological survey to clear the way for construction.
But it quickly became clear that the site near Redmond Town Center mall was anything but ordinary.
By the time excavations were done, crews had unearthed more than 4,000 stone flakes, scrapers, awls and spear points crafted at least 10,000 years ago by some of the region’s earliest inhabitants.
“We were pretty amazed,” said archaeologist Robert Kopperl, who led the field investigation. “This is the oldest archaeological site in the Puget Sound lowland with stone tools.”
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/10000-year-old-stone-tools-unearthed-in-redmond/
