Archaeologists Unearthed Something in Nevada That Doesn't Match What We Know About the Shoshone

#archaeology #history #nativeamerican It was found in a small cave in the Nevada desert, wrapped in woven material and lying where someone had deliberately placed him thousands of years ago. At first, archaeologists thought they were looking at an ordinary prehistoric burial. Then the dates came back. The man had been dead for more than ten thousand years. Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12296 (Spirit Cave DNA study, Nature Communications) https://www.nps.gov (search "Spirit Cave Nevada repatriation") https://www.nevadaculture.org (Nevada State Museum — Spirit Cave Mummy)