Archaeology is moving underwater and along riverbanks to find clues left by the people who colonized the New World.
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11 September 2015
The research cruise sponsored by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was postponed at the last minute. The team hopes to start it later this year.
09 September 2015
An earlier version of this story incorrectly credited the photo taken at Cooper's Ferry. This has now been corrected.
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Marris, E. Fishing for the first Americans. Nature 525, 176â178 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/525176a
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