Archaeologists find prehistoric skeleton in flooded Mexican cave

8,000 year old human skeleton found in flooded cave

A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a flooded Mexican cave, with researchers believing it was likely placed there as part of a ritual. Cave-diving archaeologist Octavio del Río discovered the skeleton, which is approximately 8,000 years old, in a sinkhole cave that was flooded during the last ice age about 26 feet (8 meters) below the surface. It was found propped on a dune of sediments in an interior chamber, which “suggests that it …

Archaeologists find prehistoric skeleton in flooded Mexican cave

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist who made the find with others. Octavio del Rio, who collaborates with the National Institute of Anthropology and History, said it is the 11th such skeleton found in the caves over the last three decades between …

Submerged cave remains point to an 8,000-year-old burial site

A newly discovered prehistoric skeleton found deep inside a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast may mark a burial site at least 8,000 years old, according to underwater archaeologists working in the region. It was recovered at a depth of eight metres within a submerged cave system that is part of a sprawling network of cenotes and underground rivers between the tourist hubs of Tulum and Playa del Carmen. The cave passages, which stretch …

A prehistoric skeleton found deep in a flooded Mexican cave was likely placed there in a ritual

Archaeologists have found a prehistoric human skeleton deep inside a flooded cave system on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Cave-diving archaeologist Octavio del Río tells The Associated Press that the team recovered it late last year and experts are studying it now.…