Post by L Roebuck on May 25, 2006 8:46:03 GMT -5
Nevada's Spirit Cave Man continues to fuel debate and student's interest
" FERNLEY, Nev. – Two Fernley Elementary School teachers never meant to get in the middle of a political battle over who controls the history of North America.
“It's been quite a ride for 10 years, but the kids love it,” said Vivian Olds, a fifth-grade teacher. “Here's one of the most important archaeological discoveries in North America, just 30 miles from Fernley, and yet we had no access to that information.”
The secrecy, she said, just “drove us to find out more.”
Olds and her colleague, Deb Sutherland, wanted to teach students about a 10,600-year-old Nevadan called Spirit Cave Man. The man's partially mummified remains were found 66 years ago in a cave near Fallon, but his antiquity wasn't known until 12 years ago."
For the rest of the article visit The San Diego Union-Tribune
" FERNLEY, Nev. – Two Fernley Elementary School teachers never meant to get in the middle of a political battle over who controls the history of North America.
“It's been quite a ride for 10 years, but the kids love it,” said Vivian Olds, a fifth-grade teacher. “Here's one of the most important archaeological discoveries in North America, just 30 miles from Fernley, and yet we had no access to that information.”
The secrecy, she said, just “drove us to find out more.”
Olds and her colleague, Deb Sutherland, wanted to teach students about a 10,600-year-old Nevadan called Spirit Cave Man. The man's partially mummified remains were found 66 years ago in a cave near Fallon, but his antiquity wasn't known until 12 years ago."
For the rest of the article visit The San Diego Union-Tribune