Show Found I In Salina Canyon What's more exciting than coming back from a deer hunt with a husky two two point point buck Why coming back with a old arrowhead d that is what George Tripp 98 W. W 2000 South Bountiful is the proud owner of such an artifact and with its discovery he can claim something of a first The discovery was made on Friday October when Mr Tripp son-in-law son of Mr and Mrs Wilford of Manti ManU was in Salina Canyon with Wallace and Lonnie for the opening of the deer sea sea- son Mr Tripp and Mrs decided to go arrow hunting the day before the opening of the deer season The discovery is known to the exp experts as a Clovis is point It marks the first time such a point has been found within Utah In fact there are only about 30 such points known and none before Oct 16 were known to exist here The relic was found near the Spring Canyon Ranch The points characterized by their moderately convex or shaped leaf sides and nd their concave bases were first found near Clovis NM in the They They were always found in close proximity to skeletal remains remains remains re re- re- re mains of long extinct mam mam- moths The fact has led archaeologists archaeologists archaeologists ar ar- to conclude that the points are re relics of the Pleistocene or wooly mammoth mammoth mammoth mam mam- moth era of or so years ago The discovery is of no small value to Mr Tripp He is elect dent-elect of the Utah statewide statewide state state- wide Archeological Society which lists about mem memo bers His find will take a special special cial place among other points and pottery bits on display in his home Mr Tripps Tripp's discovery has been v hv hy University of Utah archaeology t experts It lends credence to picture writings found on the walls of the Colorado River Canyon near Moab which depict the outline of a mammoth Experts have long wondered if man ever did exist in Utah as far back as the mammoth era The Clovis point discovered discovered discovered ered by a Bountiful deer hunter hunt hunt- er and amateur archaeologist indicates that man and mammoth mammoth mammoth mam mam- moth both did roam in the deserts of Utah together |