Ancient skulls found in Winter Garden puzzle experts

[Baitball Blogger]

At first, it appeared to be a discovery with sinister implications: Two skulls unearthed by a swimming pool contractor in a Winter Garden neighborhood.

Now, the human remains are the focus of an archaeological mystery.

The skulls, about a dozen pottery sherds and textiles were discovered in the sand in January— a finding that left a team of anthropologists and archaeologists scrambling to figure out how the items came to rest there.

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"It's clear that these bones are not from Florida" and are not related to the state's native ancient peoples, Seinfield said. "These were placed here by modern people who somehow acquired them."



http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-12/news/os-winter-garden-bones-ancient-artifacts-20120512_1_skulls-artifacts-bones

[Bolo Boffin]

1. Weird.

My thought was that a tourist acquired some mummies, got them back to the States, and then regretted what he or she had done and buried them. Maybe we'll never know.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Considering that the newspaper was dated back to 1978, and that goes back

to when there was an immigration camp, I would suspect the owner of the camp who may have brought back an illegal tourist souvenir more than I would suspect it was actually brought in by an immigrant.