Tobacco 10,300 BC

[uniface]

In the dead-flat desert of northwestern Utah, archaeologists have uncovered a scene from a distant, and more verdant, time.

Just a few centimeters below the sun-baked surface, researchers have discovered a campsite used by prehistoric hunter-gatherers 12,300 years ago — when Utah's West Desert was lush wetland.

Artifacts found at the site include the charred remains of an ancient hearth, a finely crafted spear point, and, most surprising, a collection of tobacco seeds — likely the earliest evidence of tobacco use ever found in North America.

The point shown looks like an Agate Basin.

Well worth reading.

https://www.sott.net/article/416335...h-bird-bones-and-tobacco-found-in-Utah-Desert

 

[Tdog]

A very good short read. Thanks Mr. Bill.

 

[arrow86]

Good info and some interesting links at bottom too

 

[Fred250]

If tobacco was in use that long ago wouldn’t people have found really old pipes at some point. Maybe they didn’t smoke it, used it another way? Wooden pipes? More questions than answers as usual.

 

[welsbury]

That is same site where they found several Hasketts too.

 

[uniface]

Good info and some interesting links at bottom to

Flash-frozen Mammoths is very long and brings together a number of overlooked/ignored ddscoveries & comprehensions that, in the aggregate, absolutely revolutionize the traditional view of the past. Highly recommended.