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Students find ancient tool-making camp

Broken spear tips and flakes of raw materials unearthed near Prince George are believed to be the remnants of a stone-tool manufacturing camp dating back more than 400 years.

Students at the University of Northern B.C. have discovered more than 200 artifacts at a protected archeological site at Beaverley, about 30 km west of Prince George.

The group, which has been digging for the past month, will now try to figure out who was making the tools, and when.
Read entire article at Vancouver Sun (BC)