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Submitted that the land fell within a “significant Coleman and Hood did collect and catThe archaeologists are now comArchaeologists have unearthed what historical site” as recorded by the proalogue over 50 lithic flakes and three pleting an interim report to Alberta is believed to be an ancient bison bone cores they found in other tests around Culture and Tourism containing recvincial government, the County from a historically significant area of the site. A lithic flake is a portion of ommendations for further evaluation. notified Alberta Culture and Tourism Flagstaff County. rock that was removed from a cobble “We would like to do more testing as required under the Historical The discovery was made in a threecore in the fashioning of prehistoric just to see if anything else pops up, but Resources Act. metre-deep trench dug up with an weapons, such as arrowheads, and that will depend on Alberta Culture,” Coleman and a fellow archaeologist excavator Saturday, Aug. 27 during other tools. Coleman adds. with Tree Time Services, Elenore excavation efforts near one of the There is no way to gauge the exact “What we’d like to see is the area Hood, worked for four days at the site, County’s gravel pits. plowed because everything we’re “It’s more than likely a species of finding is in the plow zone.” bison,” says Madeline Coleman, an The plow zone, she explains, is the archaeologist with Edmonton-based top layer of the soil to the depth at Tree Time Services Inc. which a plow will penetrate and disThe lone bone, thought to be a porturb archeological deposits. She tion of an adult bison’s radius, will estimates the plow zone in this case be compared to ancient bison bones is about 30 to 40 cm deep. stored in a collection at the The area of interest is roughly 4.5 University of Alberta in Edmonton hectares, according to Coleman. Image of the adult bison radius supplied by Tree and is expected to undergo testing, Within 10 km of the area, the proTime Services Inc. “possibly carbon-dating,” adds vincial government has recorded Coleman. 112 other historically significant Until then, its age won’t be cersites that includes everything from tain. Theoretically, the bone could isolated finds, such as ancient probe anywhere from 300 to 13,000 jectile points, and large prehistoric years old. campsites to farmsteads, ranches “Human occupation in Alberta and other historic structures dating started around 11,000 B.C.,” back to the 19th century. Coleman explains. “As glaciers In the area, there are also a moved out of the province, people number of bison kill sites, where started moving in.” indigenous populations drove herds Flagstaff County has agreed not to Elenore Hood displays a lithic flake found of bison off river margins and other near Flagstaff County gravel pit. publicize the location of the bone topographical high points. It wasn’t find in order to discourage members the fall that would prove fatal, of the public from conducting their Coleman notes, but the impact of the own archaeological digs at the site. bison falling on one another. conducting shovel tests, surface Under the Historical Resources Act, The Tree Time Services archaeolinspections and combing through Archaeologists have unearthed what is believed artifacts and other historic resources soil excavated from three-metre test to be an ancient bison bone from a historically ogists expected to file their interim are property of the Crown, and citizens pits as part of their initial report with Alberta Culture and significant area of Flagstaff County. are prohibited from digging and colTourism this week. assessment. lecting them without a permit. “We’re hoping to have an answer Lithic flakes age of a lithic flake. All Coleman can The site is adjacent to one of the within two weeks,” Coleman notes. Elenore Hood displays a lithic flake say for certain is that the flakes are seven gravel pits that the County curAs mandated by Alberta Culture found near a Flagstaff County gravel from a period of time prior to the 18th rently leases and manages. This and Tourism, the County has also conpit. century when Europeans settled in the tracted paleontologists to examine the particular pit was earmarked for No other bones were found, but area. expansion. But after it was discovered area in the coming days. YOUR SPECIALIST FOR
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