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Dates: during 1920-1929
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United States. Indian relics, tombs, and skeletons have been excavated at widely scattered points: 1) Near Staatsburg, N. Y., skeleton and full regalia of a Munsee Indian Chief. 2) In Harlan County, Ky., by University scientists and a 14-year-old mountain girl, skeletons of 9 primitive Indians. 3) In the Burton Mound, Santa Barbara, Cal., remains of a race with remarkable tooth development ? broad incisors like horses, and no cavities. 4) At Warehouse Point, Conn., bones of an Indian of large stature. 5) On the Wet River, Arkansas, implements of a vanished race with arts of weaving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With the Diggers | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

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