Oldest red ochre mine system in Americas discovered in Mexico, revealed in University of Missouri study

This is a picture of the oldest red ochre mining cave system in the Americas.

MacDonald and her colleagues have dated this red ochre mining cave system to the end of the last Ice Age, making it the oldest of its kind in the Americas. Image courtesy of Sam Meacham/CINDAQ.org

July 8, 2020

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