2,000-year-old bones found at Indiana construction site Share Updated: 4:16 PM EDT Jun 27, 2021 Associated Press
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:16 PM EDT Jun 27, 2021 Associated Press Unearthed bones recently discovered at a construction site in south central Indiana are believed to be thousands of years old, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.Construction workers found the human remains in May while digging at the site of a new Bartholomew County judicial building in Columbus, The Republic reported. Archaeologists from the University of Indianapolis analyzed the bones, determining them to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old.The bones belong to an adult male, a preteen, and an infant, according to the DNR. The bones are thought to be the bones of Native American people of the Adena culture, which existed in the Ohio River Valley as far back as 1000 B.C.