Posted on 01/19/2006 11:47:22 AM PST by blam
Human remains unearthed in Miami form picture of Tequesta Indian life
By Madeline Baró Diaz
Miami Bureau
Posted January 19 2006
Ancient Florida history is meeting the modern building boom in downtown Miami, where archaeological excavations at two construction sites have unearthed 2,000-year-old human remains.
Archaeologists said the discoveries are helping them piece together what life was like for the ancestors of the Tequesta Indians, who lived at the mouth of the Miami River in what is now the Brickell section of Miami.
Archaeologists had previously found evidence of a village in the area, but not a cemetery. The remains are evidence of such burial grounds.
"They're just one more part of the puzzle," said project archaeologist Bob Carr, of the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy in Davie, which was hired by developers to excavate both sites. "No one knew there was a cemetery until the skeletal material was found."
The Tequesta was a powerful tribe that met explorer Juan Ponce de Leon when he arrived in Florida in 1513. They lived on the Atlantic coast, Biscayne Bay and the Everglades. After slave raids and disease reduced their numbers, they moved to Cuba in the 1700s.
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Ping.
And now they're floating back in '57 Chevy pickups.
Thanks for the ping. Yes, this reminds me of the graves our friend saw in St. Augustine.
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Technically, don't they actually instead form a picture of Indian "death"?
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