[MPWG] FW: Ancient Ohlone Village and Burial Site Uncovered in Santa Cruz and rare sine flower

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> Subject: Ancient Ohlone Village and Burial Site Uncovered in Santa Cruz
> > 
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:43 AM
> Subject: Ancient Ohlone Village and Burial Site Uncovered in Santa Cruz
> 
> KB Home Development construction crew uncovered the remains of a young 
> Native American boy at a 6,000-year-old burial site in Santa Cruz on 
> Saturday.
> 
> http://santacruz.patch.com/articles/ancient-ohlone-village-and-burial-site-uncovered-in-santa-cruz#comments
> 
> Letter to the public asking for support in preserving the ancient burial 
> ground.
> 
> 
> On Saturday a KB Home Development construction crew set to build nine new 
> homes on Market Street uncovered the remains of a Native American child on 
> an ancient Ohlone village and burial site.
> 
> The remains of an adult were also uncovered on Friday, according to Ed 
> Silveira, of the Villa Branciforte Preservation Society, who said this is 
> the most historically significant event that's happened in Santa Cruz.
> 
> Silveira said KB Home knew they were building on a 6,000-year-old site, 
> but that they went ahead with the construction nonetheless.
> 
> We knew it was a 6,000-year-old site, so it was a no-brainer that there 
> were remains there, but they chose to go ahead and do it anyway with the 
> encouragement of the city, Silveira said.
> 
> Silveira said there's also an area of the rare Spine Flower plant growing 
> on the site, with only three of these plant species known to exist in 
> California.
> 
> These historical findings were uncovered at an area known as the Knoll 
> located in the Villa Branciforte side of Santa Cruz, which is one of the 
> first three settlements in California. Numerous artifacts uncovered 
> between the late 1700s to the 1830s have been found in the area.
> 
> As of now, Silveira and others are hoping to reach a mutual agreement with 
> KB Home Development so they can can conserve the historical site before 
> they start its construction tomorrow.
> 
> There has to be a process that has to be done, so our goal is to see if 
> there can be some kind of agreement so they don't build the nine homes on 
> the burial site, Silveira said.
> 
> There will be a gathering to stop construction at the Branciforte Creek 
> site in downtown Santa Cruz on Pacific and Laurel at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, 
> and from there attendees will walk to Grant Street Park at 2 p.m., with a 
> last walk ending at the ancient burial site.
> 
> What do you think of building on ancient burial sites?
> 
> Tell us in the comments.
> 
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