On Interstate 15 from Barstow to Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert is an Archeological work in progress. After driving a few miles up a dirt road and going through the exit of the Camp I found myself at the foot of a trial. This part of the Mojave was once called Lake Mannix but is now so alkaline and dry, that absolutely nothing could possibly live here. The site is so inhospitable that they can only dig in the winter months. What they have found here are what people believe to be the earliest evidence of tool creation in North America. They find these tools six feet under the rocks and sand. Many of the pits that are being dug are covered because of the heat. They are dug in three foot cubes or matrices.

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