Slag mammoth sculpture identified by Adam Arkfeld, Clear Brook, Virginia
The slag mammoth was found in the context of many portable rock art mammoth figures from the Arkfeld site, #44FK732
Slag mammoth stands on three legs. The 4th leg has disintegrated.
View of the bottom of the slag mammoth figure
Site owner and amateur archaeologist Adam Arkfeld submitted an organic-bearing sample of slag for AMS radiocarbon dating and has received a date of >43,500 years before present from Beta Analytic Labs. He is planning further dating tests.
The slag mammoth sculpture along with the C-14 date indicate a very early human presence in North America.
A Levallois technology tool from the site identified by Mr. Arkfeld
Possible Pleistocene metal spear point
This spear point has the same morphology as some of the stone tools at the Arkfeld site.