Dr. Michael Carson at Sanhalom, Tinian, excavation (IMAGE)

University of Guam

Dr. Michael Carson at Sanhalom, Tinian, excavation

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University of Guam archaeologist Michael Carson at the 2013 excavation of Sanhalom, near the House of Taga, on the island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands. The excavation uncovered an octopus lure artifact from a layer that Carson has since carbon dated to 1500–1100 B.C., making it the oldest known artifact of its kind in the world.

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Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam

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