Dr. Charles Bartlett, head of Bartlett Geological Consultants in Abingdon, washes ancient river rocks found in an excavation in Saltville this week. An auger test in June located the rocky riverbed below the soft clay under the fairway of the Saltville Golf Course. The site is near a drainage canal where local residents have said that many bones of ice age animals were found.
Linda Burchette | Smyth County News & Messenger
An ancient vertebra possibly from a bison or giant ground sloth was found in the Saltville excavation this week. Other finds have included teeth from a horse.
People have been finding evidence of the ancient past in Saltville since the 1700s and that tradition continued this week with an excavation at the golf course.
Dr. Charles Bartlett, head of Bartlett Geological Consultants in Abingdon, washes ancient river rocks found in an excavation in Saltville this week. An auger test in June located the rocky riverbed below the soft clay under the fairway of the Saltville Golf Course. The site is near a drainage canal where local residents have said that many bones of ice age animals were found.
An ancient vertebra possibly from a bison or giant ground sloth was found in the Saltville excavation this week. Other finds have included teeth from a horse.
