Prehistorical human bones found in the cenotes

[Sbiriguda]

Prehistorical human bones found in the cenotes
Mexico cave diving: Klauss Thymann finds skeleton

Video by Klauss Thymann in collaboration with cave diver and explorer Alessandro Reato of "Il filo di Arianna"
Cave Diving Training Mexico - Il filo di Arianna

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

That was awesome. Thank you for posting.

 

[boulderjohn]

As I understand the article, there is an assumption that they only way a body could be that far into the cave would be that it got there before the cave flooded. That is not necessarily true. Artifacts have been discovered deep inside Mexican caves that were clearly put there after the cave was flooded. At first, this was a mystery, and then investigation solved that mystery. The artifacts entered from a very small opening in the cave ceiling, an opening that closed up over the centuries as tree roots, soil, leaves, etc. covered it over.

 

[Sbiriguda]

Artifacts have been discovered deep inside Mexican caves that were clearly put there after the cave was flooded. At first, this was a mystery, and then investigation solved that mystery. The artifacts entered from a very small opening in the cave ceiling, an opening that closed up over the centuries as tree roots, soil, leaves, etc. covered it over.

That could be. A human body could have been also intentionally dropped in the cave from a hole in the cave ceiling that was blocked afterwards, like in a sort of ceremonial burial. Still, I believe that it's more likely the person accidentally died in the cave when it was not flooded yet. Otherwise the way they found the bones arranged would probably be different

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

how would you explain the pottery in Casa Cenote? Or was in Dos Ojos? or maybe carwash. whatever. you know what I'm talking about.

 

[Manatee Diver]

how would you explain the pottery in Casa Cenote? Or was in Dos Ojos? or maybe carwash. whatever. you know what I'm talking about.

There are artifacts and proof of life in the cenotes while they weren't flooded all over the place.

Personally I've seen in Carwash the Chamber of the Ancients, where there is an prehistoric fire pit. In Regina I was shown another firepit but this time a more traditional campfire style with animal bone around it.

Though I don't discount that some of the bones we find may be burials after they were flooded as that was a tradition in the region. And having the cave in get covered up is a legitimate theory. But I let the scientists fight that out, as that can be fun to watch. Particularly when they start using their pens as stabbing weapons.

 

[Sbiriguda]

When the caves were dry in the last ice age, the rain filtered and dragged minerals, forming stalactites, stalagmites, and columns. The growth of these formations stops when the cave is flooded by an increase in sea level in an interglacial period.

GEOLOGY OF CENOTES - Squalo Divers Scuba Diving Cancun

It seems the cenotes were dry during the ice age, when the level of the seas was much lower than now. During that age humans lived inside the caves

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

GEOLOGY OF CENOTES - Squalo Divers Scuba Diving Cancun

It seems the cenotes were dry during the ice age, when the level of the seas was much lower than now. During that age humans lived inside the caves

So that means at least some portion of the silt, however infinitesimal, is poo. Cool.

 

[100days-a-year]

Cool but it's not a first.
One of my buddies was in National Geographic magazine some 30 years ago with a skeleton in a cenote with pottery and the skeleton was far enough back he had to have walked in......hmmmm

 

[Doc]

Cool but it's not a first.
One of my buddies was in National Geographic magazine some 30 years ago with a skeleton in a cenote with pottery and the skeleton was far enough back he had to have walked in......hmmmm

46 years ago. Just sayin’ Cichen Itza by mule.