10,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Site Discovered in Suburban Seattle (Redmond, Sammamish: 2015, campus)

[Andy Patrizio]

So is this Building 1 of the Microsoft campus?

10,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Site Discovered in Suburban Seattle | Western Digs

Archaeologists surveying the waterways of suburban Seattle have made a discovery that’s likely the first of its kind in the region — an ancient tool-making site dating back more than 10,000 years.

The find includes thousands of stone flakes, an array of bifaces, scrapers, and hammerstones, plus several projectile points, some of which were fashioned in a style that experts describe as “completely new” for this region and period in its history.



The stone tools were found in Redmond, Washington, in a layer of material along Bear Creek that was dated between 10,000 and 12,500 years ago. (Courtesy R. Kopperl/SWCA) The site was discovered along a creek in Redmond, Washington, under a layer of peat that was radiocarbon dated to about 10,000 years ago.

And in the layer with the artifacts were burned bits of willow, poplar, and pine, which were themselves dated between 10,000 and 12,500 years ago.

Together, these materials frame a period of prehistory in coastal Washington which archaeologists have not been able to explore before.

While other sites in Washington’s lowlands have produced animal remains from the end of the last Ice Age, this is the first discovery of stone tools that date back more than 10,000 years, according to Dr. Robert Kopperl, lead researcher of the find.

[jdhpa]

Wow, uSoft is older than I thought

[Hemlock140]

I find it odd to call Redmond "Suburban Seattle" when it's 15 miles away, on the other side of a big lake. Bear Creek runs from Evans Creek in Sammamish down Union Hill, and then empties into the Sammamish River near Marymoor Park. Probably about a mile from the nearest edge of the Microsoft campus.

[flyingsaucermom]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

I find it odd to call Redmond "Suburban Seattle" when it's 15 miles away, on the other side of a big lake. Bear Creek runs from Evans Creek in Sammamish down Union Hill, and then empties into the Sammamish River near Marymoor Park. Probably about a mile from the nearest edge of the Microsoft campus.

According to the wiki page it was the Evergreen bridge across Lk Washington that allowed for Redmond to be considered a suburb.

[GatsbyGatz]

Beware! Excavation could awaken the sleeping giant beneath the earth. He, who was ancient when the world was young. We might rue the day we ever disturbed his slumber. If we mettle upon these ancient lands, he may awaken and purge the world of mankind. Calling it now, the end is coming!