This April 16, 2024, photo provided by Philip LaPorta shows Scott Ashcraft, an archaeologist and heritage resources program manager for the Pisgah National Forest, examining a quartz vein at a prehistoric quarry site near Asheville, North Carolina. (Philip LaPorta via AP)

This Aug. 18, 2022, photo provided by Scott Ashcraft shows cultural artifacts that were cleaned after being uncovered from sloped terrain during survey work in the Pisgah National Forest near Celo, North Carolina. (Scott Ashcraft via AP)

This undated photo provided by Philip LaPorta shows two bipointed quarry picks fashioned from quartz mylonite that were uncovered during an archaeological survey of the Seniard Creek Fire scar south of Asheville, North Carolina. (Philip LaPorta via AP)

This undated photo provided by Philip LaPorta shows a Guilford style projectile point fashioned thousands of years ago from heat treated quartz mylonite that was uncovered during an archaeological survey of the Seniard Creek Fire scar south of Asheville, North Carolina. (Philip LaPorta via AP)