<p>The discovery of hearths and other carbon dated items on an island off the north east coast of Canada puts modern humans there 2,000 years before the Alaskan land bridge existed.  The glaciers of North America would have prevented the west to east traverse at this time.  They had obsidian tools.  Where did they get it?  Where were they from?</p>

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i googled obsidian canada this is the first of 9milion hits http://www.sourcecatalog.com/canada/s_canada.html
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Where did the heiltsuk's find obsidian?
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# Where did the heiltsuk's find obsidian?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-24)

The discovery of hearths and other carbon dated items on an island off the north east coast of Canada puts modern humans there 2,000 years before the Alaskan land bridge existed. The glaciers of North America would have prevented the west to east traverse at this time. They had obsidian tools. Where did they get it? Where were they from?

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> **username_1**: i googled obsidian canada this is the first of 9milion hits http://www.sourcecatalog.com/canada/s_canada.html  

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