Questions of preservation after ancient village found in downtown Miami

[Faygo Kid]

500-600 B.C. Wow. Predates pastels. Hope they can find a way to preserve it.At the heart of a $600 million complex of Miami condominium and office towers, a network of holes in the ground has provided new insight into the people who were there first. http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/04/us/florida-indian-village/

Questions of preservation after ancient village found in downtown Miami

The holes lay out the foundations of a prehistoric settlement of the ancient Tequesta tribe at the confluence of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay. The Tequesta lived in what's now metro Miami until the 1700s, and the holes held pine posts that framed their thatched buildings.

"We got to the point in recent months where we realized this wasn't an isolated circle or structure but a whole complex of buildings," said archaeologist Bob Carr, whose company was hired to conduct a historical analysis of the building site. The settlement is likely to have been home to hundreds of people, perhaps as many as 1,000.

Construction digs up ancient history "In some ways, I would say it's probably the best-preserved prehistoric town plan in eastern North America," Carr said. . .

[Laelth]

1. Nifty. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[RainDog]

2. k&r n/t

[northoftheborder]

3. Fascinating.