Archaeologists find 15 burials with complete human skeletons thought to be 850 years old
In the seventeenth building of the Tancama Archaeological Zone, 12 kilometers (17.8 miles) from the municipality of Jalpan de Serra in the Sierra Gorda of Queretaro, archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH – Conaculta) found 15 burials with complete human skeletons, which are estimated, in a preliminary manner, to be about 850 years old. The discovery in this huasteca affiliation site was registered during the consolidation work of said pre Hispanic structure. The osseous remains were distributed in front of a flight of stairs, in one of the ridges, and surrounding the edification, the greatest of these called Plaza de la Promesa, in which archaeological labors were done between last May and July, for their study and restoration.
