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Wednesday, June 18
June 18, 2008

Two stone artifacts unearthed at the ancient rock quarry known as the Topper site in South Carolina may be a new type of tool. Albert Goodyear of the University of South Carolina thinks the knives or projectile points could have been crafted during the Early Archaic period, 11,000 years ago. Stone tools with cutting edges […]

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Tuesday, June 17
June 17, 2008

In New Mexico, police raided a chop shop dealing in stolen auto parts and drugs, only to find a 1,000-year-old pot. “I was thankful I didn’t trip with it because I carried it around like it was just a regular pot at the time. I had no idea,” said Detective Timothy Fassler. Green beads may […]

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