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9,000-year-old artifact stirs archaeological excitement

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 09 January 2007  Page Views: 1036

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The black flint stone shaped like a spearhead caught Joan Rennick's eye during a beach stroll one summer afternoon seven years ago. A talisman collector, Rennick had been limited to a moose tooth and a hollow rock during her previous wanderings across New Brunswick. "Gee! It's my lucky day," she recalled thinking, without knowing her talisman was a 9,000-year-old artifact that could help scientists understand the cultural sequence of North America.

Now, after the prehistoric tool was authenticated, a local archaeologist is planning to dig the beach around the fittingly named Cape Spear region on the province's east coast.
Archaeologist Brent Suttie believes Ms. Rennick's rock was crafted into a hunting weapon between 7,000 and 7,500 B.C.
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