The 8,000-Year-Old Cemetery Found Beneath A Florida Pond — And The Human Brain Tissue Still Preserved Inside The Skulls
At Windover, the opposite appears to be true.
Infants and young children were buried with more accompanying objects than adults.
The specific artifacts placed with children included items that appear to have been selected for their personal significance: a two-year-old was found with necklaces, some made from fish vertebrae, others from Sabal palm seeds, others from shells.
These were personal ornaments — objects that had been made for and worn by this specific child.
Older children were buried with implements.