VDOT dig unearths ancient mine

This may be just the tip of the iceberg...

In the course of an archaeological assessment prior to the widening of Route 3, east of Culpeper, re-searchers discovered a significant find.

A large cache of jasper shards was unearthed at the location and further exploration led to the discovery of a jasper mine, 12-feet below ground level, that was in use by Native Americans about 11,000 years ago.

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Thats a neat find, it opens the possibility of tracking trade and travel in those times because archeologists could possibly trace other finds elsewhere back to this source.

Great news article!

Until a few decades ago, the existance of American Indians in the US before 10,000 years ago was very controversial. This is quite a significant find!

wow, very interesting. the more you look , the more you find that the native americans were pretty advanced....of course that was before the white man came and killed everybody and formed this great democracy.......oh, sorry..thats for another post.....