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2002 May 3 : "Ocean Boulevard opened after bones excavated"
By MITCH LIPKA
Consumer Writer
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- "Ocean Boulevard, the stretch of State Road A1A that
runs through Pompano Beach, was reopened late Thursday afternoon, about 24
hours after sheriff's deputies and historic conservationists found the
remains of an ancient Native American buried under the roadway, the
Sheriff's Office said.
The three-lane road was closed to traffic about 9 a.m. Wednesday because
investigators had to tear up the street in the 1400 block, about one mile
north of Commercial Boulevard and one mile south of Atlantic.
A construction crew found the bones on Tuesday but decided to fill in the
hole, pour cement over it and keep working.
Investigators spent the next day digging and sifting.
They found 24 bone fragments and 15 large pieces of bone, including a jaw
with well-worn teeth indicative of an ancient Native American with a grainy
diet."
Copyright © 2002, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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