Skeletal Remains May Be 11,000 Years Old (Lake Jackson, Texas)

Houston Chronicle ^ | 8-9-2002 | Terry Kliewer

[Illbay]

See Post No. 39.

[bok]

It would be interesting to know if the Kennewick Man is related to the europeans.

[JPJones]

Looks like Jean-luc Picard.

[blam]

A Tradition Of Giants

[Alkhin]

I have a bachelors degree in anthro...I find it fascinating that there was substantial skeletal material at all of remains that old in the Lake Jackson area. The Gulf Coast is not known for its preservation qualities, and to find any evidence of the former Karankawa occupation is a treasure indeed. How neat that older remains were found!!

If you have an anthro/archaeo ping list, please put me on it.

[blam]

"I find it fascinating that there was substantial skeletal material at all of remains that old in the Lake Jackson area. The Gulf Coast is not known for its preservation qualities, and to find any evidence of the former Karankawa occupation is a treasure indeed. How neat that older remains were found!!"

I agree. I lived in the area for 20 years. If I remember correctly there is a high pH (a lot of limestone areas drain from the North into the region), unlike where I'm presently living which has a pH of around 4.

[TC Rider]

"Brazoria Girl" ="Redneck Girl"

Redneck Girl is without a doubt the original indiginous human species in Texas.

With facial reconstuction...

[blam]

Karankawa Indians

The Karankawa were seven feet tall? (That's what it says at the above link.)

[BJClinton]

So I do a search for "Jaredite" on Google and I get a thousand hits. Is there a short version of their history?

[Alkhin]

Yes, they were known to be VERY tall. They used bear grease to fend off the mosquitos, and gained an unfounded reputation for being cannibals. The only report of that was from Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado who encountered them, but cannibalism is one of those things that can be very controversial.

[blam]

"It would be interesting to know if the Kennewick Man is related to the europeans."

Kennewick Man was/is predominately Ainu.

The Relationship Between Basque And Ainu

Basque is the only non Indo-European language in Europe. (Spain/France)

[blam]

"If you have an anthro/archaeo ping list, please put me on it."

All our anthro/archaeo articles are archived at "Gods, Graves, Glyphs. This was set up by FReeper, 'Ernest_at_the_Beach'.

[Eaker]

I bet that the murder, if it was murder, trail is getting cold!!!

Stay safe; stay armed.

Artillery brings dignity to an otherwise vulgar brawl.

[blam]

"...but cannibalism is one of those things that can be very controversial."

Yup. Just ask Christy Turner at Arizona State University (ASU)

[crystalk]

That is highly debated, and in part would just substitute one question for another, for who are the Ainu, genetically, and where did THEY come from?

Basque, while fascinatingly similar to some American Indian tongues (esp Shoshone and those of Wyo/Ida region)...is not quite the ONLY language in Europe that is non-IU.

Hungarian, Finnish, Albanian, and of course the tongues of the Caucasus itself such as Armenian, Georgian, etc. would come to mind...Lapps of Norway? Lithuanian, Lettish?

[Alkhin]

:D she sounds vaguely familiar....what would she tell me?

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Alkhin

[TADSLOS]

Probably just Madeline Murray O'hare out for one of her eternity without God walks...

[blam]

ManCorn: Cannibalism And Violence In The Prehistoric American Southwest

He took a lot of heat over this book. (But, he shut'em all up when he found a preserved prehistoric human turd, couldn't think of the other word, that contained human protein)

[rintense]

The oldest dated skeleton ever found in the Americas (Brazil) is Luzia, at 10,500 year old

Huh. I thought it was Helen Thomas.

[rintense]

hahaha! GMTA...