A relic from America’s colonial past was recently pulled up from the Chattooga River in South Carolina earlier this summer. The remnants of a dugout canoe, possibly of Native American origin, is the second such boat of that age to be found in the river—the first was 17 years ago in 2004.
The canoe could be 200 to 250 years old, archaeologists from USC state said, according to The State; the truth of which radiocarbon dating will later determine. It was clearly carved out using metal tools such as hatchets or axes, indicating it postdates the arrival of Europeans. Tool marks are clearly visible in the wood, and a single square nail was found on one end of the vessel, the Chattooga Conservatory stated.
