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Native American remains found in Menlo Park
Human skulls, bone fragments discovered at construction site on Hamilton Avenue
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Native American remains were unearthed by construction crews working in Menlo Park on Tuesday, police said.
The discovery was reported to police after workers who were removing a concrete surface in the 1000 block of Hamilton Avenue found what appeared to be two human skulls and other bone fragments, Menlo Park police spokeswoman Nicole Acker said.
Construction was halted, and the San Mateo County coroner's office was called to the scene. The coroner's office determined that the remains were Native American.
Menlo Park lies within an area once occupied by the Ohlone tribe, according to the city's planning department. A known burial site lies just west of the property on Hamilton Avenue, which is owned by the biological research firm Pacific Biosciences, Acker said. She said proper protocol for handling archeological remains is being followed.
The Native American Historical Society was notified of the find and is expected to take possession of the bones sometime today. Construction work remains suspended.— Bay City News Service Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by karma, a resident of another community, on Nov 15, 2012 at 2:26 pm Oh. Oh, oh, oh.
Please show all respect. This is sad.
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Posted by respect, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Nov 15, 2012 at 4:56 pm In a perfect world the burial site would be a place to visit and learn. The Carmel Mission has Native Americans buried with markers indicating who they were. It's repectful and enlightening.
Overbuilding needs to stop in Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
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Posted by clarkia, a resident of another community, on Nov 15, 2012 at 5:36 pm If there even is an organization called the Native American Historical Society it certainly has no jurisdiction over the remains of native people in California. That should read "the Native American Heritage Commission" see Web Link
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Posted by Steve C, a resident of Menlo Park, on Nov 15, 2012 at 6:18 pm I'm kind of curious to know how the determination that these were Native Americans was made. Would have been nice if the article mentioned something about that.
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Posted by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Nov 15, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Given that Indian tribes lived here for 1000s of years there must be more than a million skeletons lying around in the area.
Most were probably eaten by scavengers or rotted
-those left should be removed and buried in a cemetery.
Was there anything to suggest that these remains were something out of the ordinary?
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Posted by Horselady, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Nov 16, 2012 at 7:02 pm Given the location, I would assume they are Ohlone.
I don't know for sure if it still is open to new burials, but ther is an Ohlone burial site in southern Fremont, off of Mission Blvd.
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Posted by Bob, a resident of Menlo Park, on Nov 24, 2012 at 1:10 am This article is a reprint of the police press release. If the police don't even know the name of the agency to contact concerning Native remains, are we sure they didn't end up in some hobbiest's garage?
local.nixle.com/alert/4915920/
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