Leanderthal Lady

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The remains of a female human skeleton are referred to as Leanderthal Lady (or "Leanne"), which were found in 1982 near the small town of Leander in the US state of Texas during excavations by archaeologists of the "Texas Department of Transportation" (TxDOT). According to a website from the University of Texas at Austin , the tomb of the Leanderthal Lady discovered by archaeologists is about 10,000 years old, as determined by the radiocarbon method. The remains of the skeleton are therefore one of the oldest and best-preserved Paleo-Indian finds on the North American continent.

The woman buried in the grave lived to be about twenty-five to thirty years of age. She was buried on her side, with her legs bent, and her hands held above her head. According to the bone structure, she was mostly healthy and had all the teeth, but she was probably handicapped by an earlier injury to the collarbone that had not healed completely. A grinding stone and a shark tooth were found as grave goods.

The site, named "Wilson-Leonard Site" after the landowners, revealed traces of settlement and stone tools of earlier settlers in several superimposed layers, which are classified in the transition period between the so-called Paleo-Indians and the archaic period of America.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leanne's Burial . Article on Texas Beyond History website (THE VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF TEXAS 'CULTURAL HERITAGE) .
  2. ↑ Description on the Williamson County Historical Commission website. accessed on January 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ C. Brit Bousman, Michael B. Collins, Paul Goldberg, Thomas Stafford, Jan Guy, Barry W. Baker, D. Gentry Steele, Marvin Kay, Anne Kerr, Glen Fredlund, Phil Dering, Vance Holiday, Diane Wilson, Wulf Gose , Susan Dial, Paul Takac, Robin Balinsky, Marilyn Masson, Joseph F. Powell: The Palaeoindian-Archaic transition in North America: new evidence from Texas. Antiquity 76: 980-990.
personal data
SURNAME Leanderthal Lady
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Remains of a female human skeleton
DATE OF BIRTH between 110th century BC BC and 80th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 110th century BC BC and 80th century BC Chr.