State Museum archaeologists Daniel Mazeau, right, and Aaron Gore remove a bucket of rocks and dirt from a dig site on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Lake George, N.Y. New York archaeologists say they've uncovered 10,000-year-old American Indian artifacts at the site of a construction project at a popular state-owned beach in the southern Adirondacks. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

New York archaeologists say they've uncovered 10,000-year-old American Indian artifacts at the site of an improvement project at a popular state-owned beach in the southern Adirondacks.

Officials with the State Museum in Albany say an archaeological dig conducted ahead of the $3 million project at Million Dollar Beach on Lake George has turned up artifacts dating back to about 8,000 B.C.

The find includes thousands of arrowheads and pieces of stone tools. It makes the site among the earliest known occupied locations in New York state.

The museum's director and the state's head archaeologist announced the findings at a news conference at the beach Thursday.

State Museum archaeologist Jared Williams sifts rocks and dirt looking for artifacts at a dig site on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Lake George, N.Y. New York archaeologists say they've uncovered 10,000-year-old American Indian artifacts at the site of a construction project a popular state-owned beach in the southern Adirondacks. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

The state is repaving the parking lot and access road along the beach entrance, located on the southern end of the 32-mile-long lake.

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