Archaeologists uncover oldest mine in the Americas

Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 09:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Archaeologists have discovered a 12,000-year-old iron oxide mine in Chile that marks the oldest evidence of organized mining ever found in the Americas, according to a report in the June issue of Current Anthropology.

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