Last year, Davis et al. (2019) made a claim that the Cooper’s Ferry location in Idaho has archaeological remains older than 16 000 years. This would make them by far the oldest securely dated remains in the Americas. Manning (2020) just published a critique of their claim, accompanied by a response from Davis et al.…
Oak Island archaeology update: What is the paved area, and how old is it?
In the season 7 finale of Curse of Oak Island, the team reveals that wood recovered by Ian Spooner just below the stone pavement in the swamp area gave a radiocarbon date in the 13th century. A number of hypotheses have formed around the paved area, both on the show and in fan communities. Some…