Living in the past, learning for the future
Ohio University students gain hands-on experience at the Shoop Paleo-Indian site in Pennsylvania.
The field school teaches excavation, artifact analysis, and field research while contributing to understanding early human life and migrations.
Nearly 13,000 years ago, people journeyed more than 300 miles to what is now central Pennsylvania, leaving traces of their lives at the Shoop Paleo-Indian site.
Among the earliest documented Paleoindian sites in eastern North America, the site holds clusters of artifacts that may represent family groups or repeated visits over generations.
The Shoop site has long been central to archaeological research, offering continent-wide evidence of how some of the first people in North America migrated.
Today, the legacy continues as Ohio University students join faculty and volunteers in uncovering new layers of the site.
Author's summary: Students learn from the past at the Shoop site.
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