Construction works in Monterey, California, stumbled across the skeleton of a female who may have lived thousands of years ago.
Frank Donangelo, vice president of planning and development for the Cannery Row Company, says workers stopped digging immediately after finding the remains on Wednesday and called police.
The coroner and a pathologist were called in, and determined that the bones are ancient, and those of a woman who may have been a member of the Esselen Indian tribe. Other tribal artifacts have been uncovered near the site during previous construction.
Archaeologist Susan Morley is working on the site, and plans to continue the dig Monday. Morley could not say how old the remains are, but bones found at the site previously have been dated from 2,000 to 6,000 years old.
