The 8,000-Year-Old Cemetery Found Beneath A Florida Pond — And The Human Brain Tissue Still Preserved Inside The Skulls
Windover did not just add detail to this picture.
It revealed that the picture was systematically wrong.
Communities capable of producing complex woven textiles in multiple weave patterns, maintaining sophisticated mortuary practices over what appears to have been multiple generations, supporting disabled and dependent members, and burying their dead with personal ornaments made from materials obtained at a distance — these were not the simple foragers of the standard archaeological narrative.
They were sophisticated communities with complex social structures, complex material technology, and evidence of social values that prioritized care for vulnerable members.
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