Traces of ancient aboriginals found in Ontario lake bottom
Use of a geology-style drill pioneers a novel method for detecting the presence of past civilizations
By Randy Boswell, Postmedia News
A team of Canadian scientists has used geology-style drill cores from an Ontario lake bottom to gather evidence of toolmaking and perhaps even duck hunting by ancient aboriginals about 10,000 years ago -the first discovery of its kind in North America, and one that could point the way to further breakthroughs in underwater archeology around the world.
The scientists found more than 150 tiny flakes of quartz in the lake's murky depths -strong evidence that an ancient shoreline, submerged long ago, was used by some of Canada's earliest inhabitants as a site for manufacturing spear points, scrapers and other tools for fishing and hunting.
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