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Banwari Trace

A shell midden in south-western Trinidad that is the oldest known archaeological site in the Caribbean, first settled around 7,000 years ago by the Ortoiroid people who reached the island from north-western Guyana across a former land bridge - it yielded 'Banwari Man', the oldest human skeleton found anywhere in the Caribbean, buried around 3,400 BCE.

Dated events and their evidence

• 5,000 BCE mainstream
  earliest Archaic-Age (Ortoiroid) settlement at Banwari Trace source
• 3,400 BCE mainstream
  'Banwari Man' burial, the oldest human skeleton found in the Caribbean source

Where

10.2167° N, 61.4667° W

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banwari_Trace
• https://lacgeo.com/banwari-trace-archaeological-site

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