Peñon woman

Peñon woman or Peñon Woman III is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of a Paleo-Indian woman found by an ancient lake bed in Pueblo Peñón de los Baños in Mexico City in 1959.[1]

Discovery

Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.[2]

The skeleton's age has been estimated by radiocarbon dating by Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool John Moores University.[3] Her ¹⁴C date is 10,755±55 years[2] (12,705 cal years) BP.

She is one of the oldest human remains found in the Americas.[4][5][6]

Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to the historic Pericú people of Baja California, who also shared similar physical traits.[7]

See also

• Archaeology of the Americas
• Arlington Springs Man – (Human remains)
• Buhl woman – (Human remains)
• Calico Early Man Site – (Archeological site)
• Cueva de las Manos – (Cave paintings)
• Fort Rock Cave – (Archeological site)
• Kennewick Man – (Human remains)
• List of unsolved deaths
• Luzia Woman – (Human remains)
• Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchi – (Human remains)
• Marmes Rockshelter – (Archeological site)
• Paisley Caves – (Archeological site)
• Leanderthal Lady – (Human remains)
• Forensic anthropology

Notes

1. Connor, Steve (3 December 2002). "Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
2. Grattan and Torrence 91
3. "The New World may be far older than it originally seemed." The Economist. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
4. Legon, Jeordan. "Scientist: Oldest American skull found." CNN 4 Dec 2002. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
5. Steve Connor (3 December 2002). "Does skull prove that the first Americans came from Europe?". The Independent.
6. "George Erikson: Who Were The Earliest Americans?". historynewsnetwork.org.
7. Rincon, Paul. "Tribe challenges American origins." BBC News. 7 Sept 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

References

• Grattan, John and Robin Torrence, eds. Living Under the Shadow: Cultural Impacts of Volcanic Eruptions. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-59874-268-8.