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Canadian couple find 400-year-old female skeleton in their back yard
SARNIA, Ontario, June 16 (UPI) -- A Canadian couple who found a skeleton in their back yard said an Ontario law required them to pay $5,000 for archaeological disinterment and other treatments.
Nicole Sauve and Ken Campbell of Sarnia, Ontario, found the 400-year-old bones of a First Nations woman when they started digging to build a fence, and contacted the Ontario Provincial Police, who taped off their back yard and called in an anthropological expert, the Toronto Star reported Saturday.
Forensic anthropologist Michael Spence said the aboriginal woman was about 24 years old when she died and was part of a hunting, gathering and fishing and merchant society.
Property owners must pay for the costs of archaeological assessment for human remains found on their property, the Star reported.
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ConcernedCanuk
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I happen to live in Ontario.
Just bought 28 acres in the bush -
Remind me not to tell anyone if I dig up some bones
$5,000 to pay for the curious to figure out what they are?
Ain't gonna happen.
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(11,795 posts)ConcernedCanuk
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My Grandparents came over from Scotland in 1910.
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