| has gloss | eng: The Windover Archaeological Site is an Early Archaic (6000 to 5000 BC) (un-calibrated Radio Carbon years B.P.; ~8000 to 6000 cal-BC) archaeological site found in Brevard County near Titusville, Florida, USA, on the central east coast of the state. Windover is a muck pond where skeletal remains of 168 individuals were found buried in the peat at the bottom of the pond. The skeletons were well preserved because of the characteristics of peat. Radiocarbon dating on two bones excavated from the pond yielded dates of 7,210 years and 7,320 years before the testing date in 1982 (approximately 5,230 and 5,340 BC). In addition, remarkably well-preserved brain tissue has been recovered from many skulls from the site. DNA from the brain tissue has been sequenced. The collection of human skeletal remains and artifacts recovered from Windover Pond represent among the largest finds of each type from the Archaic Period. |