[Aztlan] 2004 Find of 2000 BC Olmec skeletons and canoe

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

A fellow listero reminded me of this story which I had in my archives  
regarding an Olmec skeletal find with canoes dating to 1000 BC. Here  
is the story;

NBC5.com

Ancient Skeletons Discovered In Southern Mexico

POSTED: 3:47 pm CDT June 17, 2004

U.S. scientists have discovered skeletons in southern Mexico that  
could be more than 3,000 years old.

The scientists believe the three skeletons found in the Chiapas  
region were Olmeca chiefs.

The skeletons were found lying in two canoes in two tombs, side by side.

This is just the latest discovery in the area. Researchers have  
previously uncovered instruments and jade artifacts, also from the  
Olmeca people.

Copyright 2004 by NBC5.com.

I am wondering if this impacts the story we posted last week on the  
earliest Mesoamerican canoe found in Belize. The canoes holding the  
Olmec skeletons may not be canoes from 2000 BC but we do not have the  
full details. Does anyone on the list know of this earlier find and  
have information on those canoes?

Mike Ruggeri