Drought exposes once-submerged Oregon town to archaeological dig
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 17:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Record drought on the U.S. West Coast has exposed the ruins of an Oregon hamlet once submerged under the waters of a man-made reservoir, allowing a rare opportunity for an archaeological excavation, a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation official said on Thursday.