Indian Burials thoughout history.

[Cappy Z.]

Kind of a intellectual inquiry if you will. I have no plans to dig up any mounds etc. My question is since Florida has been occupied by Indians for thousands of years..shouldn't there be many many burial grounds? Only a few make the news.
The other question I have is about depth. A few years ago in Daytona Beach Florida apparently workmen were repairing a water pipe at "twenty feet" deep in the sand..and found an Indian.
Is it possible that many burial grounds have the remains as deep as twenty feet?

Just an interesting subject.

 

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[RGINN]

You gotta point there BennyV. See that pic. It's not really a 'burial', but I couldn't think of what else to call it.

 

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[southfork]

My nearest tribe buried with the feet facing the east (facing a special place). They piled stones to prevent animals from digging. But like I said they would also cremate on a raised platform likely for various reasons.

I’ve ALWAYS wondered since being a child that if these people had been here since the beginning of time, why do we not find more bones or graves marked by stones? That’s A Lot of generations!

I cannot think of a single construction project in my lifetime that was halted in my area due to ancient human remains being encountered.

That's because it was always kept quiet so the projects could continue. The state museums and the universities have plenty of remains.

 

[unclemac]

a lot of burials are just discolored dirt, no bones at all, And even the dirt is turned over to the local tribe, where I live anyway.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

That's because it was always kept quiet so the projects could continue. The state museums and the universities have plenty of remains.

Well, I’ve been in charge of a fair number of excavation project and I have not encountered this yet. Too much money at risk to look the other way. Probably different with private projects.

We had a native tribe from 150 miles away come in and build a casino. They started groundbreaking before there was approval and bulldozed a summer camp or small rancheria to make way for a crappy metal building. As a kid, I remember seeing remnants of their tent sites with obsidian laying around. The local tribe had nothing to say. I think they may have had a stake in the project.

Either way, it was a sacred secret until $$ influences things. Now it’s a gas and tobacco shop.