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Neolithic/Paleolithic fire stone tool, Native American found on Willamette River, Oregon, USA - Neolithic/Paleolithic fire stone tool, Native American found on Willamette River, Oregon, USA; Weight: 6.5 lb. = 3 kg; Provenance: from field collector, who found this fire stone on a very busy bank on the Willamette River, Oregon, USA, in an area rich of old native soil. The last 8 images represent the surface of fire-soaked stone at x50 magnification. Note, - the Neolithic soot is strongly attached. https://libraryguides.lanecc.edu/c.php?g=453335&p=3104869 1. Aikens, C. Melvin. ”The Willamette Valley.” Archaeology of Oregon. 3rd ed. Portland: Bureau of Land Management, 1993. 87-108. Print. 2. Aikens, C. Melvin., ed. Archaeological Studies in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Eugene: U of Oregon, 1975. Print. Series: University of Oregon Anthropological Papers no. 8. 3. Baxter, Paul W., and Robin L. Smith. ”Prehistoric Occupation on the Luckiamute River.” Contributions to the Archaeology of Oregon, 1989-1994. Ed. Paul W. Baxter. Eugene: Assn. of Oregon Archaeologists, 1994. 167-188. Print. 4. Baxter, Paul W., et al. ”Excavations at Rigdon's Horse Pasture Cave: A Seasonal Hunting Camp in the Western Cascades.” Contributions to the Archaeology of Oregon, 1981-1982. Ed. Don Dumond. Portland: Assn. of Oregon Archaeologists, 1983. 1-18. Print.