Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Friday, March 6, 2015 Oregon dig uncovers ancient stone tool BRIEFLY Albany man kidnaps woman, assaults her for a week in newsletters and at conferences, Thomas said. 7KRPDVIRXQGWKHVLWHVHYHUDO years ago, while taking a break *5$176 3$66 ² $UFKDH- from carrying supplies to a ses- RORJLVWV KDYH XQFRYHUHG D VWRQH VLRQRIWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI2UHJRQ tool at an ancient rock shelter in $UFKDHRORJLFDO )LHOG 6FKRRO the high desert of eastern Oregon QHDUE\ WKDW 2¶*UDG\ ZDV RYHU- that could turn out to be older than seeing. any known site of human occupa- Thomas said he noticed an out- tion in western North America. FURSSLQJRIDQDQFLHQWODYDÀRZ 7KH ¿QG ZDV DQQRXQFHG ZLWK VRPH YHU\ WDOO VDJH EUXVK 7KXUVGD\ E\ WKH 86 %XUHDX RI growing in front of it, indicating Land Management, which con- YHU\GHHSVHGLPHQWGHSRVLWV7KH trols the land on which the site soil was black in front of the rock, was found. indicating someone regularly 8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2UHJRQ DUFKDH- EXLOWFRRNLQJ¿UHVWKHUHIRUDORQJ RORJLVW3DWULFN2¶*UDG\ZKRVX- time. An ancient streambed ran SHUYLVHVWKHGLJVD\VWKH5LPURFN E\ZKLFKZRXOGKDYHJLYHQSHR- Draw Rockshelter outside Riley ple more reason to stay there. And KDV QRW EHHQ IXOO\ H[FDYDWHG AP Photo/University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Patrick O’Grady on the surface, he found a stone But the tool, a hand-held scraper This June 2013 photo provided by the University of Oregon chipped from a piece of orange Museum of Natural and Cultural History shows the Rimrock point of the stemmed type, found at sites both older and younger agate not normally found in east- Draw Rockshelter archaelogical dig outside Riley. WKDQ &ORYLV 6LPLODU SRLQWV KDYH ern Oregon, was found about 8 2¶*UDG\FDOOHGWKH¿QG³WDQ- 7ZRSUH&ORYLVVLWHVDUHZHOO EHHQIRXQGDW3DLVOH\&DYH LQFKHVEHORZDOD\HURIYROFDQLF Volunteers looking around the ash from an eruption of Mount WDOL]LQJ´ EXW KH DGGHG WKDW WKH\ documented and generally ac- 6W+HOHQVWKDWKDVEHHQGDWHGWR want to continue digging this FHSWHG E\ VFLHQWLVWV *UD\VRQ surface found some 30 stemmed 15,800 years ago. The depth was VXPPHUWRVHHZKHWKHUWKHYROFD- VDLG2QHLV3DLVOH\&DYHORFDWHG SRLQWVDQGWKH¿HOGVFKRROVWDUW- QLFDVKFRYHUVWKHHQWLUHDUHD about 60 miles southwest of the HGH[FDYDWLRQVLQ2¶*UDG\ about 12 feet below the surface. 'RQDOG.*UD\VRQSURIHVVRU Rimrock site. The other is Mon- VDLG8QFRYHUHGDERYHDQGEHORZ Bureau of Land Management DUFKDHRORJLVW 6FRWW 7KRPDV VDLG RI DUFKDHRORJ\ DW WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ te Verde in Chile. Both are dated WKHYROFDQLFDVKOD\HUZHUHIUDJ- that if the age of the site holds up RI:DVKLQJWRQVDLGWKHVFLHQWL¿F about 1,000 years before the old- PHQWVRIWHHWKEHOLHYHGWREHIURP HVW&ORYLVVLWHV ancient camels. to scrutiny, it would be the oldest community would be skeptical. ³1R RQH LV JRLQJ WR EHOLHYH If the date of Rimrock holds Tests by Archaeological In- west of the Rockies, and anoth- HUSUHGDWLQJWKHVRFDOOHG&ORYLV this until it is shown there was up, it would put people at the site YHVWLJDWLRQV 1RUWKZHVW ,QF RI FXOWXUH RQFH JHQHUDOO\ EHOLHYHG no break in that ash layer, that the about 1,500 years earlier, at the Portland on blood residue on the WR EH WKH ¿UVW SHRSOH WR PLJUDWH DUWLIDFWFRXOGQRWKDYHZRUNHGLWV end of the Pleistocene era, when agate scraper were consistent from Asia into North Ameri- way down from higher up, and mastodons, mammoths, camels, ZLWKWKHERYLGIDPLO\RIDQLPDOV FD 7KH HDUOLHVW &ORYLV DUWLIDFWV XQWLOLWLVSXEOLVKHGLQDFRQYLQF- horses and bison roamed the area. Thomas said. The most likely 7KH¿QGKDV\HWWREHVXEPLW- ERYLQH DQLPDO OLYLQJ LQ 2UHJRQ NQRZQIRUGLVWLQFWLYHDQGHOHJDQW LQJ ZD\´ KH VDLG ³8QWLO WKHQ stone points, are dated to about extreme skepticism is all they are WHGWRDVFLHQWL¿FMRXUQDOIRUSXE- DWWKDWWLPHZRXOGKDYHEHHQDQ JRLQJWRJHW´ lication, but it has been reported ancestor of the buffalo. 13,000 years ago. By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press ALBANY (AP) — An Albany man has been accused of kidnapping, raping and trying to kill a woman he kept against her will for about a week. The woman slipped away from him on 0RQGD\DFFRUGLQJWRDQDI¿GDYLWDQGUDQ to a neighbor’s house for help. Police arrested 37-year-old Craig Alexander Lazon on charges that included DWWHPSWHGDJJUDYDWHGPXUGHUNLGQDSSLQJ rape and assault, the Albany Democrat- Herald reported. &RXUWGRFXPHQWVVD\KHKDGSUHYLRXVO\ EHHQFRQYLFWHGRIDVVDXOWLQJWKHZRPDQ The woman was tied up beginning Feb. 24 and was repeatedly assaulted, Linn County District Attorney Doug Marteeny said Wednesday at a hearing. ,QDSROLFHLQWHUYLHZDWD&RUYDOOLV KRVSLWDODFFRUGLQJWRWKHDI¿GDYLWWKH YLFWLPVDLGWKDWGXULQJWKHEHDWLQJVHYHU\ time she made a noise or cried out in pain, Lazon would hit her harder. It said he hit her on the back of the head ZLWKDVFUHZGULYHUKDQGOHFKRNHGKHU with his hands and a phone cord, and told her nobody came looking for her because nobody cared about her. 7KHDI¿GDYLWVDLGKHUIDFHERQHVZHUH broken. 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