The "stolen girl" skeleton has mysteriously disappeared from the Chan Hol cave, in Quintana Roo, Tulum.
Wednesday of 9th of May 2012
The ancient skeleton which was reported to be missing from Chan Hol cave last March was not originally broadcasted to be the "Young from Hol Chan I" or the "Man of the Temple", but a different remain labeled as "Chan Hol II" and dubbed as "The girl stolen from Chan Hol" now.
With its gender confirmed through the hip bone which was subtracted, the stolen skeleton is found to be the best preserved remains among the other seven that were found in the underground cave systems which was flooded during the Ice Age period more than 10 thousand years ago; but before that the place was dry for thousands of years and served as a water collection site and shelter to the first American population from Southeast Asia.
"The stolen girl from Chan Hol" was deemed to be the eighth prehistoric human skeleton discovered in Tulum. The footprint data from the very last stage of the Ice Age, referred to as Upper Pleistocene, is in fact the most significant evidence that the first settlements in this area and also the rest of America, not just came walking over the Bering Strait", Jeronimo Aviles Olguin, co-author of the "Study of the pre ceramic human groups from the east coast of Quintana Roo",says. INAH supported the study which also involved many other professionals, such as speleologist Eugenio Acevez, biologist Arturo Gonzalez, physical anthropologists Alejandro Terrazas and Martha Benavente.
The significance of this skeleton is the fact that, when compared with past ones is the very best preserved one, considering that the bones were engrossed in a mineral deposit making them more resilient. "The entire bone was coated with speleothem, which happens to be a mineral deposit which makes it stronger, compared to the Chan Hol I which was apparently crumbling", according to Aviles Olguin.
Chan Hol II, according to project coordinator, Arturo Gonzalez, is a key to the findings and for understanding the America settlement, as well as to find out and understand the environmental changes, global warming and other natural disasters.
The Partial Finding Of The Human Remains
According to Avil's Olguin, it was March 16 that the Chan Hol II was last seen and its disappearance was confirmed on the 23rd. The very next day, archaeologist Carmen Rojas publicised in the social media sites the absence of the skeleton. "The existence of this skeleton was recorded by means of a photographic record; after that they went back to do a comparison and pointed out that 80% of the skeleton was missing or stolen", he states.
Though the news spread around the world very quickly yet the partial recovery of the ancient human remains was barely released for some reason.
Saving The Ancient Remains
It was under Jerome's Aviles Olguin charge along with other professionals that the ancient skeleton remains were salvaged, who made a dive in two in April and have obtained some parts of the ancient skeleton. Aviles Olguin specifies that they have rescued a vertebrae, rib fragments, molar, two incisors, jaw, hand and feet bones and confirms that they are from a skeleton which is very old.
Thereafter, the material was sent to the UNAM's Institute of Anthropological Research for study. Perhaps the robber was scared, the hip was not stolen and was the true secret to figure out that the the gender of the skeleton is not of a man, on the other hand of a young and prestigious woman, as reported by the anthropologists Benavante and Terrazas's observations. Moreover, they uncovered remains of one of the arms, however what are missing are the cranium and with the rest of the skeletal parts.
INAH distributed, signs reading "wanted pre-mayan skeleton disappeared from the Chan Hol Cave", after the theft incident, most particularly among the divers of Tulum. The distributed signs made it clear that the stolen remains from Tulum are 14500 of age, the eighth pre-mayan remains they have and are considered as America's oldest skeleton, perhaps dating prior to those of the "Woman from Naharon".
Wednesday of 9th of May 2012
The ancient skeleton which was reported to be missing from Chan Hol cave last March was not originally broadcasted to be the "Young from Hol Chan I" or the "Man of the Temple", but a different remain labeled as "Chan Hol II" and dubbed as "The girl stolen from Chan Hol" now.
With its gender confirmed through the hip bone which was subtracted, the stolen skeleton is found to be the best preserved remains among the other seven that were found in the underground cave systems which was flooded during the Ice Age period more than 10 thousand years ago; but before that the place was dry for thousands of years and served as a water collection site and shelter to the first American population from Southeast Asia.
"The stolen girl from Chan Hol" was deemed to be the eighth prehistoric human skeleton discovered in Tulum. The footprint data from the very last stage of the Ice Age, referred to as Upper Pleistocene, is in fact the most significant evidence that the first settlements in this area and also the rest of America, not just came walking over the Bering Strait", Jeronimo Aviles Olguin, co-author of the "Study of the pre ceramic human groups from the east coast of Quintana Roo",says. INAH supported the study which also involved many other professionals, such as speleologist Eugenio Acevez, biologist Arturo Gonzalez, physical anthropologists Alejandro Terrazas and Martha Benavente.
The significance of this skeleton is the fact that, when compared with past ones is the very best preserved one, considering that the bones were engrossed in a mineral deposit making them more resilient. "The entire bone was coated with speleothem, which happens to be a mineral deposit which makes it stronger, compared to the Chan Hol I which was apparently crumbling", according to Aviles Olguin.
Chan Hol II, according to project coordinator, Arturo Gonzalez, is a key to the findings and for understanding the America settlement, as well as to find out and understand the environmental changes, global warming and other natural disasters.
The Partial Finding Of The Human Remains
According to Avil's Olguin, it was March 16 that the Chan Hol II was last seen and its disappearance was confirmed on the 23rd. The very next day, archaeologist Carmen Rojas publicised in the social media sites the absence of the skeleton. "The existence of this skeleton was recorded by means of a photographic record; after that they went back to do a comparison and pointed out that 80% of the skeleton was missing or stolen", he states.
Though the news spread around the world very quickly yet the partial recovery of the ancient human remains was barely released for some reason.
Saving The Ancient Remains
It was under Jerome's Aviles Olguin charge along with other professionals that the ancient skeleton remains were salvaged, who made a dive in two in April and have obtained some parts of the ancient skeleton. Aviles Olguin specifies that they have rescued a vertebrae, rib fragments, molar, two incisors, jaw, hand and feet bones and confirms that they are from a skeleton which is very old.
Thereafter, the material was sent to the UNAM's Institute of Anthropological Research for study. Perhaps the robber was scared, the hip was not stolen and was the true secret to figure out that the the gender of the skeleton is not of a man, on the other hand of a young and prestigious woman, as reported by the anthropologists Benavante and Terrazas's observations. Moreover, they uncovered remains of one of the arms, however what are missing are the cranium and with the rest of the skeletal parts.
INAH distributed, signs reading "wanted pre-mayan skeleton disappeared from the Chan Hol Cave", after the theft incident, most particularly among the divers of Tulum. The distributed signs made it clear that the stolen remains from Tulum are 14500 of age, the eighth pre-mayan remains they have and are considered as America's oldest skeleton, perhaps dating prior to those of the "Woman from Naharon".
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