While searching San Esteban Rockshelter outside Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas, archaeologists came across a 6,000-year-old hunting kit that may be the oldest intact weapon set ever discovered in North America.

The cache included part of a spear-throwing tool known as an atlatl, 10 shafts that connected stone points to the weapon, and the ends of four darts.

Researchers also uncovered a straight-flying boomerang that ancient hunters would have used to kill or incapacitate small game.

What’s more, archaeologists found a tanned pronghorn hide that still contained hair neatly folded atop a rock beside the kit as if whoever left it there “had every intention in the world of coming back.”

“The hide, which belonged to an antelope-like animal called a pronghorn, still had intact hair of its original color, preserved over thousands of years,” wrote Smithsonian Magazine.

Beyond the hunting implements, archaeologists also unearthed human feces – which can provide valuable dietary and health information.

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