A team of archaeologists made the historical find in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. They are part of a 7,000-year-old burial mound off the coast of Venice, according to reports. The sacred ground below the sea contains the remains of at least six Native Americans, but “there’s probably going to be a lot more.” They are preserved in what appears to have been a peat-bottomed freshwater pond thousands of years ago. The artifacts below the murky water were found about 300 yards from shore and only about 21ft below the surface.
The site dates back to the Early Archaic period, a time when Florida’s hunter-gatherers were living a more sedentary lifestyle, researchers said. It was first reported in 2016 when a diver picked up a barnacle-crusted jaw off the shore of Manasota Key. He reported the find to Florida’s Bureau of Archaeological Research, triggering an investigation...CONTINUE READING
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