Midland Minnie

1. Midland Minnie Laney Hawn Highland Park Elementary Spring, 2009

2. Introduction Midland Minnie is the oldest human remains found in Texas. The bones were found to be female and thus they named them Midland Minnie. Her more scientific name that most archaeologists and scientists used is Llana.

3. Location and Description Midland Minnie was found in Midland county, Texas. Midland county is in the southern part of the High Plains. Its regular temperature average is about ninety-five degrees maximum and thirty degrees minimum. [Fahrenheit] But, when Midland Minnie was alive, the land was cool and humid. She was part of the Folsom culture in the late Pleistocene age.

4. Significant Artifacts When Midland Minnie was excavated, she had quite a lot with her other than fossilize bones. They found Folsom points, projectile points, and chert shards. Also, a basket and some bits of rope.

5. Bones! Midland Minnie had a complete skull when she was found, she also had a long head like the image on the right. [that is not her]

6. History of Excavation Midland Minnie was excavated in 1953. She was radiocarbon tested twice, one reading saying she was 20,000 to 37,000 years old and the other saying she was between 10,000 and12,000 years old. Scientists are still arguing about it today.

7. Midland Minnie was found to be part of the ancient long-headedpeople from the studies of her skull. The ancient people who crossed the Bearing straight land bridge were from the same time, but round-headed. Midland Minnie might be from another culture that came here from a different place a different way. Knowledge of Midland Minnie based on bones

8. Midland Minnie bids Goodbye Midland Minnie linked us to the past. She might even lead us on some new discoveries. She will be remembered forever.

9. The End