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February 9th, 2012- Aruba’s archeological team of the National Archeological Museum of Aruba, has uncovered a sixth grave in Santa Cruz. Based on certain characteristics, they have concluded that this must be a prehistoric graveyard. In the opinion of the team, what makes this discovery unique is not only that it was previously unknown, but that they were able to identify that there were several persons buried at different levels of importance buried at the site and buried in different ways. It is also interesting that the persons buried have different European characteristics as well as Amerindian; but there were no Caquetios in this find.
From what we know of the Historical Period of our island, it is probable that up to the 17th century Indians lived in the Santa Cruz area. Thereafter they left the Santa Cruz area and went to live in the Seroe Cristal area in the 18th century in the Alto Vista neighborhood. Apparently they wanted to move away as far away as possible from the Europeans who lived on the southwestern coast of Aruba. They deliberately chose strategic areas for their abode. During the 19th century, the Aruba government stimulated agriculture and allowed people to return to live in Santa Cruz, which was previously not permitted.
As the team continues the excavation project, they will investigate further for more clarity on the context and the exact time period. All indications point to an early Historic Period, but at the same time it could also have been a much later period. In any event we know that this find reveals that those who lived here were mixed between Europeans and Indians. This excavation may also show that people probably lived in Santa Cruz much earlier than what is believed.
This archeological excavation is very unique and requires a great deal of expertise and investigation to document the findings of each grave including the other findings in this fascinating archeological site. The team consists of Drs. Harold Kelly who is responsible for the planning and execution of the work at the site; Francisco Croes and Hiram Angela, who are the two assistants of the archeologist. All of the work is under the supervision of archeologist Drs. Raymond Dijkhoff.
Every bone and bit of earth around the skeleton and general characteristics of the grave is registered, documented, described and analyzed to determine the final destination of those people forgotten in Aruba’s history.
Story Courtesy of The Morning News
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New Revelations From Recent Excavations!
February 9th, 2012- Aruba’s archeological team of the National Archeological Museum of Aruba, has uncovered a sixth grave in Santa Cruz. Based on certain characteristics, they have concluded that this must be a prehistoric graveyard. In the opinion of the team, what makes this discovery unique is not only that it was previously unknown, but that they were able to identify that there were several persons buried at different levels of importance buried at the site and buried in different ways. It is also interesting that the persons buried have different European characteristics as well as Amerindian; but there were no Caquetios in this find.
From what we know of the Historical Period of our island, it is probable that up to the 17th century Indians lived in the Santa Cruz area. Thereafter they left the Santa Cruz area and went to live in the Seroe Cristal area in the 18th century in the Alto Vista neighborhood. Apparently they wanted to move away as far away as possible from the Europeans who lived on the southwestern coast of Aruba. They deliberately chose strategic areas for their abode. During the 19th century, the Aruba government stimulated agriculture and allowed people to return to live in Santa Cruz, which was previously not permitted.
As the team continues the excavation project, they will investigate further for more clarity on the context and the exact time period. All indications point to an early Historic Period, but at the same time it could also have been a much later period. In any event we know that this find reveals that those who lived here were mixed between Europeans and Indians. This excavation may also show that people probably lived in Santa Cruz much earlier than what is believed.
This archeological excavation is very unique and requires a great deal of expertise and investigation to document the findings of each grave including the other findings in this fascinating archeological site. The team consists of Drs. Harold Kelly who is responsible for the planning and execution of the work at the site; Francisco Croes and Hiram Angela, who are the two assistants of the archeologist. All of the work is under the supervision of archeologist Drs. Raymond Dijkhoff.
Every bone and bit of earth around the skeleton and general characteristics of the grave is registered, documented, described and analyzed to determine the final destination of those people forgotten in Aruba’s history.
Story Courtesy of The Morning News
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