Comment on Boëda et al.’s claim of a 24 000 year old stone tool at Vale da Pedra Furada, Brazil

As part of their continuing work on establishing that there are archaeological remains in Brazil dating to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) or earlier, Boëda et al. (2021) present a techno-functional analysis of a piece recovered in an LGM layer in their excavation at Vale da Pedra Furada. As usual by now with claims of…

Oak Island Archaeology Update: Is there a stone road?

The later part of Season 8 of Curse of Oak Island (COOI) focuses largely on the possibility that a stone road connects a wharf-like structure at the edge of The Swamp area and the Money Pit area. The COOI team, this time supported by archaeologists Aaron Taylor and environmental scientist Ian Spooner, are putting forward…