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Spirit Cave

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noun

  1. an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.


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The US government again cited ancient DNA evidence generated by Willerslev’s team when repatriating remains from Nevada in 2016, including a 10,600-year-old male human skeleton known as the Spirit Cave Mummy.

From Nature Apr. 15, 2019

But the man from Spirit Cave is not alone.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2018

Wrapped in a rabbit-skin blanket and reed mats, he was buried in a place called Spirit Cave.

From New York Times Nov. 8, 2018

Cremations are known from two North American sites slightly later than Upward Sun River, Marmes in Washington state and Spirit Cave in Nevada, but they were not in houses.

From Science Magazine Feb. 24, 2011

That same year, the late Archaeologist Chester Gorman discovered the remains of what seemed to be cultivated wild plants dating to 9700 B.C. at Spirit Cave in northeastern Thailand.

From Time Magazine Archive

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