A series of unusual remains found in the Mexican cave date back to 3000 years. In Avendaños Cave in Mexico, a baby skeleton, the lower half of a man with his feet tied, and a 2000-year-old American parrot mummy were found. The finding may provide insight into the trade between the present Southwest USA and Mexico.
In 2016, a rancher who lived about 480 km south of the Texas border was building his property. His goal was to fix a cave, so he brought about the project workers and a bulldozer. However, they did not have any idea that they were ready to uncover a gold mine from the archaeological point of view. The farm owner stopped construction, took pictures of the findings and sent them to archaeologist Emiliano Gallaga, director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. G The first thing we noticed was the extremely well-preserved head of an American parrot. ”
Naturally, this embalmed parrot came to light after being buried for thousands of years. The green of its feathers was still bright and the keratin beak was still intact.
Now, two years after the discovery, this embalmed parrot was dated 800 years older than other examples in the region, and gave clues about trade and religion in the late