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'''Peñon woman''' or '''Peñon Woman III''' is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of a [[Paleo-Indian]] woman found by an ancient lake bed in Pueblo Peñón de los Baños in [[Mexico City]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite news|last=Connor|first=Steve|title=Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/does-skull-prove-that-the-first-americans-came-from-europe-609699.html|accessdate=23 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=3 December 2002|location=London}}</ref> |
'''Peñon woman''' or '''Peñon Woman III''' is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of a [[Paleo-Indian]] woman found by an ancient lake bed in Pueblo Peñón de los Baños in [[Mexico City]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite news|last=Connor|first=Steve|title=Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/does-skull-prove-that-the-first-americans-came-from-europe-609699.html|accessdate=23 June 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=3 December 2002|location=London}}</ref> |
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==Discovery== |
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Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle of [[Lake Texcoco]].<ref name=g91>Grattan and Torrence 91</ref> |
Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle of [[Lake Texcoco]].<ref name=g91>Grattan and Torrence 91</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:02, 1 October 2020
Peñon woman or Peñon Woman III is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of a Paleo-Indian woman found by an ancient lake bed in Pueblo Peñón de los Baños in Mexico City in 1959.[1]
Discovery
Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.[2]
The skeleton's age has been estimated by radiocarbon dating by Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool John Moores University.[3] Her 14C date is 10,755±55 years[2] (12,705 cal years) BP.
She is one of the oldest human remains found in the Americas.[4][5][6]
Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to the historic Pericú people of Baja California, who also shared similar physical traits.[7]
See also
- Archaeology of the Americas
- Arlington Springs Man – (Human remains)
- Buhl woman – (Human remains)
- Calico Early Man Site – (Archeological site)
- Cueva de las Manos – (Cave paintings)
- Fort Rock Cave – (Archeological site)
- Kennewick Man – (Human remains)
- Luzia Woman – (Human remains)
- Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi – (Human remains)
- Marmes Rockshelter – (Archeological site)
- Paisley Caves – (Archeological site)
- Leanderthal Lady – (Human remains)
- Forensic anthropology
Notes
- ^ Connor, Steve (3 December 2002). "Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ a b Grattan and Torrence 91
- ^ "The New World may be far older than it originally seemed." The Economist. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Legon, Jeordan. "Scientist: Oldest American skull found." CNN 4 Dec 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ Steve Connor (3 December 2002). "Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?". The Independent.
- ^ "George Erikson: Who Were The Earliest Americans?". historynewsnetwork.org.
- ^ Rincon, Paul. "Tribe challenges American origins." BBC News. 7 Sept 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
References
- Grattan, John and Robin Torrence, eds. Living Under the Shadow: Cultural Impacts of Volcanic Eruptions. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-59874-268-8.