Archaeologists Discover Remains Of Ice-Age Infants In Alaska

[Oxytropidoceras]

Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age

infants in Alaska (Burial site and artifacts

provide unique insights into funeral practices

and other aspects of a pre-literate society)

National science Foundation, November 10, 2014

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=133081&org=NSF&from=news

Remains of ice-age infants unearthed in

Interior Alaska among oldest in North America

by Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News,

http://www.adn.com/article/20141110/remains-ice-age-infants-unearthed-interior-alaska-among-oldest-north-america

Ice Age Babies Surrounded by Weapon Parts

Found in Alaska by Helen Thompson

smithsonian.com, November 10, 2014

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ice-age-babies-surrounded-weapon-parts-found-alaska-180953285/

The paper is:

Potter, B. A., J. D. Irish, J. D. Reuther, and

H. J. McKinney, 2014, New insights into Eastern

Beringian mortuary behavior: A terminal

Pleistocene double infant burial at Upward

Sun River. Proceedings of the NAtional Academy

of Sciences of the United States. published

ahead of print November 10, 2014,

doi:10.1073/pnas.1413131111

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/11/05/1413131111.abstract?sid=a53b91be-e289-43e2-94ba-6786568fc896

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited November 11, 2014 by Oxytropidoceras

[Scylla]

Thanks for posting this!