An archaeologist at Wichita State University in Kansas says he is learning a lot about a tribe through its 800-year-old garbage.

Donald Blakeslee has dug up several trash pits at a site on private land. He says he can find out what the tribe ate and how they lived by looking through the refuse.

The pits contained a lot of flint tools but Blakeslee wondered if they were authentic because there is no flint source nearby. He eventually concluded that the tribe traveled 64 miles to collect flint on another tribe's territory.

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WSU prof solves ancient puzzle (The Wichita Eagle 10/13)