The Obsidian Solution
A fragment of obsidian, likely part of a knife. (Photo: John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.)

The Obsidian Solution

Prehistoric people living in what is now Alberta used tools and weapons made from obsidian. Researchers have found more than 1200 artifacts at more than 500 sites. Arrowheads, spear tips, knives, scrapers. Even tiny bits and pieces of this shiny, black rock.

But none of it comes from Alberta.

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