'Unprecedented' Native American burial site discovered in Gulf of Mexico off Florida

[SZonian]

A Native American burial site hidden for 7,000 years beneath the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida has been unearthed in what archaeologists are calling an "unprecedented" discovery.

Florida Secretary of State, Ken Detzner, said in a news release on Wednesday the unmarked site near Venice, which measures roughly 0.75 acres, was first discovered by a diver in June 2016, who then reported possible human remains on the continental shelf to the Bureau of Archaeological Research.

"Our dedicated team of underwater archaeologists has done an incredible job of documenting and researching the Manasota Key Offshore archaeological site, and I am extremely proud of the work," Detzner said in a statement. "Our hope is that this discovery leads to more knowledge and a greater understanding of Florida’s early peoples."

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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/02/28/unprecedented-native-american-burial-site-discovered-in-gulf-mexico-off-florida.html

Comments alone are worth the read... 

[thackney]

...Researchers believe during that time period, when sea levels were lower, the indigenous people of Florida buried their family members at the site. As sea levels eventually rose, the pond was covered by the Gulf of Mexico but the peat bottom of the pond remained intact....

Wait, how did the sea levels rise without coal power plants and SUVs?

[RoosGirl]

A 3/4 acre, 7,000 year old Indian grave site will now become a 100 acre state park that cannot longer be fished within.

[the_doc]

Wait, how did the sea levels rise without coal power plants and SUVs?

Your question is remarkably perspicacious.  The Native Americans obviously did have coal power plants and SUVs.  We just haven't found them.

(Actually, I just wanted to say perspicacious.) 

[musiclady]

A 3/4 acre, 7,000 year old Indian grave site will now become a 100 acre state park that cannot longer be fished within.

Actually, I have no problem with treating a burial ground with respect.

[RoosGirl]

Actually, I have no problem with treating a burial ground with respect.

I do when no one has known about it for the last 7,000 years.

[musiclady]

I do when no one has known about it for the last 7,000 years.

Point well taken.

But Native American culture looks differently at those things than we do, so I tend to be more deferential than most conservatives.