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The Spirit Cave mummy is the oldest human mummy found in North America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was discovered in 1940 in Spirit Cave, [ 4 ] 13 miles (21 km) east [ 5 ] of Fallon, Nevada , United States, by the husband-and-wife archaeological team of Sydney and Georgia Wheeler.
A small rock shelter on Grimes Point was discovered in 1939 by guano-miners; Georgia Wheeler recorded the site as 1-1C (Cave no. 16) and named it Grimes Burial Shelter. The location is to the east of Fallon, Nevada, and just to the south of the Spirit Cave, where the Spirit Cave mummy was recovered. [3]
Spirit Cave may refer to these archaeological sites: Spirit Cave, a cave in Nevada, U.S., known for the discovery of the Spirit Cave mummy Spirit Cave (Thailand) , a cave in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand, occupied by hunter-foragers of the Hoabinhian culture
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Archeological evidence places the earliest residents of Nevada as living here about 10,000 years ago. In 1994, the Nevada State Museum carbon-dated remains which were unearthed in 1940 near Fallon. According to modern science, the burial remains of the Spirit Cave mummy prove that he lived in the area more than 9,400 years ago. [2]
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