- Title: MEXICO: ARCHAEOLOGISTS ANNOUNCE DISCOVERY OF MASS GRAVE DATING BACK 1500 YEARS
- Date: 23rd October 2005
- Summary: (L!3) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JANUARY 25, 2005) (REUTERS) WIDE ENTRANCE TO CHAPULTEPEC FOREST PAN OVER AREA WHERE GRAVE WAS DISCOVERED INVESTIGATOR LUCIANO CEDILLO SHOWING MAP OF AREA TILTDOWN OF ROCKS WIDE OF EXCAVATION SITE DISCOVERED HUMAN SKELETON VARIOUS OF HUMAN REMAINS FOUND DURING EXCAVATION CEDILLO LOOKING AT AREA WHERE DISCOVERY WAS MADE WIDE OF SKELETON (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM DIRECTOR LUCIANO CEDILLO, SAYING: "I think that the investigation is just beginning. The evidence has given us until now a material that's practically, up where we've dug, very rich that, in the four years that we've been working on the investigation project, we believe with all certainty that we're going to find more housing units, including ceremonial, that will provide much richer information of Chapultepec, since it's an area very intense with settlements in a zone practically where we have archaeological testimony." HUMAN SKELETONS THAT WERE DISCOVERED ARCHAEOLOGIST EXPLAINING DISCOVERIES HUMAN SKELETON CLOSE OF SKULL WIDE OF EXCAVATION SITE AREA ROPED OFF (3.01)
- Embargoed: 7th November 2005 12:00
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- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
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- Country: Mexico
- Topics: History,People
- Reuters ID: LVA3Z055HAKEEROSEU73T5RTL72W
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- Story Text: Mexican archaeologists announce the discovery of a mass grave dating back 1500 years.
Mexican archaeologists announced the discovery of eight skeletons in Mexico City that they believe date back to 450-600 A.D.
A mass grave containing the bodies was found at Chapultepec Forest, in Mexico City. The bodies were found along with pottery, offerings, and other remains in housing units, a discovery which sets back the date in which people settled in the Mexico City area.
"I think that the investigation is just beginning,"
said National History Museum Director Luciano Cedillo (seh-DEE-yo). The evidence has given us until now a material that's practically, up where we've dug, very rich that, in the four years that we've been working on the investigation project, we believe with all certainty that we're going to find more housing units, including ceremonial, that will provide much richer information of Chapultepec, since it's an area very intense with settlements in a zone practically where we have archaeological testimony."
Chapultepec Forest is believed to have been an area in which indigenous people practised religious ceremonies, opening the possibility that the bodies were buried as part of a ritual.
Researchers believe the discovery will provide additional information about the lives of Mexico City's early inhabitants. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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