The agate tool was uncovered under a thick layer of volcanic ash . It was used for cutting tools , butchering tools , and carving wood . pottery was made at the Draw Rockshelter in southeast Oregon . If the date of discovery holds up , it would put people at the site about 1,500 years earlier that year , at the end of the Pleistocene era .
The agate tool was uncovered under a thick layer of volcanic ash . It was used for cutting hides , butchering meat , and carving wood . Find was made at Rimrock Draw Rockshelter in southeast Oregon . If the date of Rimrock holds up , it would put people at the site about 1,500 years earlier that thought , at the end of the Pleistocene era .