University of Wyoming: Research Confirms Eastern Wyoming Paleoindian Site as Americas' Oldest Mine
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
Archaeological excavations led by Wyoming's state archaeologist and involving University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed that an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming was used by humans to produce red ocher starting nearly 13,000 years ago.
That makes the Powars II site at Sunrise in Platte County the oldest documented red ocher mine -- and likely the oldest known mine . . .
Archaeological excavations led by Wyoming's state archaeologist and involving University of Wyoming researchers have confirmed that an ancient mine in eastern Wyoming was used by humans to produce red ocher starting nearly 13,000 years ago.
That makes the Powars II site at Sunrise in Platte County the oldest documented red ocher mine -- and likely the oldest known mine . . .