Non Fiction

Excavation

Photo: Plusverde

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Chips of multi-coloured flint, razor sharp, and the cold point of a harpoon head, expertly crafted. Ashes from willow twigs and muskox bone inside a shallow box of shale. A sewing needle last held 4,000 years ago. Rocks outline the boundary—a winter dwelling, a tent.

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