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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Artifact is tiny, but ancient find is big










KANAB - The pink stone point, flecked with a rainbow of colored minerals and discovered last spring just lying on the ground, appears to be older than any artifact ever found on the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Archaeologists believe the point, thought to have been crafted between 10,000 and 11,000 years ago, represents a significant find and could be representative of the ancient people referred to by the name "Clovis," an appellation given to a group of artifacts discovered in the early 1930s near Clovis, N.M.

Read the full story at the Salt Lake Tribune...
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3004192

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