Archaeologists are racing earthmovers

June 5th, 2006

(AP) -- Jim Donohue is trying to solve a mystery that has been building for about 12,000 years, but he has only a few days left to gather clues. Donohue, senior archaeologist with the state Archaeological Research Center in Rapid City, is supervising the excavation of a site occupied by generations of ancient hunters off S.D. Highway 79 near Buffalo Gap.

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