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Warning about that dig site near Eugene from last month
I was helping out on a small excavation outside Eugene about 3 weeks ago. We found what looked like a fire pit from the early 1900s, so the lead guy said to call it a day and mark it for later. But 2 days after I left, he went back alone and dug deeper without any screening. He pulled out what he thought was a tool handle but it turned out to be a human femur from a much older layer, maybe 2,000 years old. Now the whole site is shut down by the state because he disturbed a burial without proper protocol. I heard he might lose his permit over this. Has anyone else seen a site get ruined because someone got impatient and dug too fast?
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lucas_price8316d ago
Just a heads up, femurs aren't usually mistaken for tool handles since they're way more curved.
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lucas_price8316d ago
Ha, tell that to my uncle who tried to make a hammer from one!
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