Post by L Roebuck on Jul 10, 2006 13:31:08 GMT -5
Report due on cave bones bones
By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff reporter
jasmin@nasguard.com
A report officially confirming whether bones found at Eleuthera's Preacher's Cave are the centuries old remains of a Lucayan Indian and an Eleutheran Adventurer is expected to be issued in August.
In March, a team of Miami-Dade archaeologists discovered what is believed to be the 500-year-old skeletal remains of a Lucayan Indian lying inches away from the remains of a 350-year-old Eleutheran Adventurer just 150 meters beneath the cave's floor.
Jeff Ransom, a Miami-Dade archaeologist who, was present at the Preacher's Cave dig, told The Guardian yesterday, "A report concerning our excavations and the analysis of human remains at Preacher's Cave will be coming out soon, maybe by the end of August 2006." Just days after the ancient skeletal remains were unearthed, the Bahamian government said that it hoped to transform the world-renowned cave into a national preservation park.
Speaking at a press conference to announce the American-based archaeological team's findings, Tourism official in Eleuthera, Raymond Harrison, said the park would benefit locals as well as visitors. "We are looking to make this a national park because we want Bahamians to come and enjoy the cave as well," said Mr Harrison.
"What we have here is well beyond our imagination," he continued. "It lends itself not only to Bahamians and regular visitors but we are looking at historians, archaeologists, and university students who study here. So it is important that we look at what we have here." The historic find also prompted a pro-park lobby by the Preachers Cave site's Chief Archaeologist Bob Carr.
Full Story: www.thenassauguardian.net/national_local/301558460213615.php
By JASMIN BONIMY, Guardian Staff reporter
jasmin@nasguard.com
A report officially confirming whether bones found at Eleuthera's Preacher's Cave are the centuries old remains of a Lucayan Indian and an Eleutheran Adventurer is expected to be issued in August.
In March, a team of Miami-Dade archaeologists discovered what is believed to be the 500-year-old skeletal remains of a Lucayan Indian lying inches away from the remains of a 350-year-old Eleutheran Adventurer just 150 meters beneath the cave's floor.
Jeff Ransom, a Miami-Dade archaeologist who, was present at the Preacher's Cave dig, told The Guardian yesterday, "A report concerning our excavations and the analysis of human remains at Preacher's Cave will be coming out soon, maybe by the end of August 2006." Just days after the ancient skeletal remains were unearthed, the Bahamian government said that it hoped to transform the world-renowned cave into a national preservation park.
Speaking at a press conference to announce the American-based archaeological team's findings, Tourism official in Eleuthera, Raymond Harrison, said the park would benefit locals as well as visitors. "We are looking to make this a national park because we want Bahamians to come and enjoy the cave as well," said Mr Harrison.
"What we have here is well beyond our imagination," he continued. "It lends itself not only to Bahamians and regular visitors but we are looking at historians, archaeologists, and university students who study here. So it is important that we look at what we have here." The historic find also prompted a pro-park lobby by the Preachers Cave site's Chief Archaeologist Bob Carr.
Full Story: www.thenassauguardian.net/national_local/301558460213615.php