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BLM archeologist's John Goodwin sifts through small pebbles collected from an archaeological excavation near the confluence of Williams Creek and the North Umpqua River on Wednesday. The US Forest Service is helping out with a dig in which archaeologists are finding items which may make i the oldest "pre-Mazama" site in Douglas County.
Last week, in near-freezing weather, volunteers and scientists sifted rubble and layers of forest floor in search of artifacts that predate the Mount Mazama volcano blast — which occurred 6,600 years ago and later formed Crater Lake — and provide a record of the oldest evidence of humans in the Umpqua Basin.
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