Kristina Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her articles have also appeared in venues such as Forbes, Smithsonian, and Mental Floss. Killgrove holds postgraduate degrees in anthropology and classical archaeology and was formerly a university professor and researcher.
An 11,000-year-old settlement in Canada is challenging the idea that early Indigenous people were nomadic. The newly uncovered village site of Âsowanânihk, which means"a place to cross" in the Cree language, is one of the oldest archaeological sites found on the continent and suggests that an organized society existed in central Canada far earlier than experts previously thought.
Evidence already recovered from Âsowanânihk, located in the Sturgeon Lake First Nation in central Saskatchewan, includes stone tools, firepits and bison bones, according to the statement. A very large firepit suggests that the site was used for a long period, or repeatedly for shorter periods, according to, an archaeologist at the University of Saskatchewan who is involved in the project.
"This discovery is a powerful reminder that our ancestors were here, building, thriving, and shaping the land long before history books acknowledged us," SLFN Chief Christine Longjohn said in the statement."This site speaks for us, proving that our roots run deep and unbroken," she said.Get the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.
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