Buried in Beads 4,000 Years Ago, This Chiefly Family Lives Again
Museums in Canada unveil high-tech facial reconstructions that breath new life into very old bones.
Faces from Canada's distant past reappear in a digital reconstruction based on skeletal remains and artifacts found in their graves.
PUBLISHED June 30, 2017
At a remote site overlooking the Salish Sea in British Columbia, archaeologists made the discovery of a lifetime in 2010. While digging an ancient shell midden, researchers from the University of Toronto and the local shíshálh Nation were astonished to find the grave of an ancient chief laid to rest nearly 3,700 years ago in a ceremonial bead garment weighing more than 70 pounds. Nearby lay several members of his wealthy family.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/beads-facial-reconstruction-museums-canada/
