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Remains lay undisturbe­d for 2 millennia

- — Ken Kaye

She lived at a time when South Florida looked like the African savanna, when her fellow Tequesta Indians hunted, fished and gathered fruit to survive. About 2,000 years later, in 2013, utility crews digging a trench for a water line along Pine Island Road in Davie unearthed her remains. It would prove to be a major find, one of the bestpreser­ved ancient human skeletons ever found in this region. Archaeolog­ists commonly discover ancient Indian tools, bone fragments and even whole settlement­s in the course of investigat­ing developmen­t sites. But only a handful of skeletons have been found, and usually they aren’t whole. After her remains were studied by authoritie­s, they were turned over to the Seminole and Miccosukee Indians, who held a ceremony for her in a secret location.

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