A few snips from the article below. Interesting that they initially suspected NA and quite old but now they say that is not likely the case. Did they say that initially to allow the project to proceed or to possibly slow it down? Because if it is factual, wouldn't that mean they stumbled upon an old burial site - which has it's own rules for reburial? Just thinking this may have more significance than an old set of remains. It is really close to the water and could mean a hurricane victim from years ago. It is tough to find genetic genealogy of Asian people due to the lack of people testing from that ethnic group. I do hope they can find decedents though.
Snips:
Mittleman called in Walsh-Haney after state archaeologist Katherine Miyar
concluded the remains were neither Native American nor over 75 years old, which is the state guideline for determining whether remains are considered to be of historic or forensic importance.
"My job is to come in with an eye for forensic analysis," Walsh-Haney said.
Forensic anthropologists with the
University of Florida's C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory reported their findings to Mittleman. He said they determined the remains likely to be of
historic Asiatic descent.
Their findings prompted his office's report to the Indian River Shores Police Department, which announced Sept. 17 they belonged to a Native American man.
"I don’t know how this will turn out," Mittleman said.
He said if Walsh-Haney says at the end of her research they are of forensic importance, further DNA analysis will be conducted with hopes that any distant living relatives can be found.
