An ordinary dig in the Redmond became an important site after excavators discovered 10,000-year-old stone tools in it. In the dig near the Redmond Town Center mall, the excavators unearthed more than 4,000 stone tools that include scrapers, stone flake and spear points.

According to experts, the discovered ancient tools were possibly used by early residents in the region. The tools were unearthed by archaeologists during a project, which was actually a survey to clear the way for construction.

Robert Kopperl, lead archaeologist, said the findings have amazed everyone. It was the oldest archaeological site in the Puget Sound lowland with ancient stone tools. The discovery of ancient tools is not too recent. The finding by Kopperl and other archaeologists have been published earlier this week.

Earlier, Kopperl talked about the discovery at a Redmond Historical Society sponsored presentation. According to Kopperl, the archaeologists have analyzed the tools and found some evidence of meals of the ancient humans. Their meals consisted of beer, sheep, dear, salmon, and bison.

“This was a very good place to have a camp. They could use it as a centralized location to go out and fish and hunt and gather and make stone tools”, Kopperl said.

More than five years ago, the city of Redmond started a project to restore habitat of salmon in Bear Creek. When workers dug deeper, they discovered a foot-thick layer of peat. After analysis, it was found that the remains are of an ancient bog.