Animal Observation In Saltville

Such evidence of this human animal interaction was a breakthrough. The Saltville site, often referred to as SV-2, in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia holds great significance due to its abundance of various fossil and archeological clues to the past. In recent news, there have been articles describing a discovery that may show signs of human life in the area earlier than initially thought. Per The Associated Press- Richmond, “artifacts at Saltville date to 14,000 years ago, a few hundred years older than those found at a site in Chile” (“Just how old”). As well as the ancient human civilization in Saltville, the oldest Pre-Clovis site in the southern hemisphere is thought to be 56 km off the coast of Chile in South America (“Monte Verde”). Radiocarbon dated to be about 12,500 B.P., Chile falls behind Saltville by more than ~1,500 years, thus Saltville pre-dates Chile. The date McDonald claims that the
70 cm (27.05 in) in diameter and 1.5 (6 in) deep. The other is an apparent arrangement of seven linear concretions and a column of weathered bedrock whose pattering suggests human agency” (Madsen 153). In the second layer, several pieces of chert with biface reduction flakes have been found. The discovery of chert is strange for the area, as chert in not found in Saltville or nearby areas meaning that the tool shaped rock had to have been brought into the area from elsewhere, most likely by Paleo-Indians in the area. In addition, the interpretation of SV-2’s stratigraphy the reads, “the faunal concentration at 13,500 to 13,000 RCYBP; it was apparently deposited during a low-water stage that occurred soon after the lake formed”, suggesting that the Saltville people harvested clams, amphibians, and fish during the low periods (Goodyear