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13000-year-old stone blade discovered in the USA (photo)

Anastasia Kryshchuk

13000-year-old stone blade discovered in the USA (photo)
13000-year-old stone blade discovered in the USA

An ancient artifact has been discovered in the United States that is likely related to the first people who settled in America more than 13,000 years ago. It is a blade of a split stone knife.

The discovery was made in the Great Pee Dee River. It is reported by Carolina Coast Online.

It is noted that the knife is probably a product of the Clovis culture, which is associated with the first people to settle in most of America, including the southeast, about 13,500-12,800 years ago.

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According to experts, the artifact is about 6 inches long and made of a type of exotic dark gray flint. The blade is the largest Paleo-Indian artifact ever found in South Carolina.

Archaeologists who have studied the blade. They believe that it had a handle, was carried in a dry ochre-painted leather sheath and used to cut large animals.

13000-year-old stone blade discovered in the USA (photo)
Archaeologists find a 13,000-year-old stone knife in South Carolina. Source: Carolina Coast Online

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