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Fire pits can be very valuable to archaeologists because they contain a large amount of artifacts that are clearly all associated with a single time period. Archaeologist Steve Tourville found a fire pit with several different waste items contained inside along with the charcoal. From fish bones, freshwater mussels charred hickory nuts to stone chips from tool making and pottery shards, these collections tell us a lot about the people who lived there. That particular pit dated back 8500 years ago said Tourville.

“It’s cool finding a date that old but it’s much more important finding it in such good context” he said. “We can associate all that stuff with 8,500 years ago.”

Grow added that the most significant artifacts may still be waiting for them to discover. “There are still a lot of questions that are yet to be answered here,” she said.
Related Topics: Algonquin Tribe, Ancient pottery, Gorgets, Hopewell Tribe, Pig Point, and Projectile Points

http://edgewater.patch.com/articles/part-ii-pig-point-artifacts-may-be-helping-to-re-write-history