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Archive Home > 2006 > June > 30 > Archaeologists study Sunriver site

Archaeologists study Sunriver site

Indians may have occupied plot now slated for new houses

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
June 30, 2006

SUNRIVER - The first clue that archaeologists were onto something special here came when they uncovered blackened basalt stones in a sunken circle, the telltale remnants of a fire hearth, possibly used by American Indians.

"We were really excited. You don't find very many intact hearths....

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