Tuqan Man, human remains buried 10,000 years ago, found on the Channel Islands

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Tuqan Man, human remains buried 10,000 years ago, found on the Channel Islands

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has no doubt the human remains found on one of the Channel Islands belong to an ancestor.

Cheri Carlson, Ventura County Star


A man’s grave lay hidden for 10,000 years on a remote, wind-battered island off Ventura.

Sea levels shifted and landscapes changed. Then in 2005, researchers from the University of Oregon spotted bone visible through dirt and old seashells.

“We were certain that it was a human skull,” said archaeologist Jon Erlandson.

He was with a graduate student surveying an ancient site on San Miguel Island, part of Channel Islands National Park.

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2018/06/13/ancient-remains-discovered-reburied-san-miguel-island-tuqan-man-channel-islands-santa-ynez-chumash/670609002/