Hundreds Of Ancient Treasures Seized By U.S. Customs Returned To Mexico
The 428 artifacts include arrowheads, spear tips and knives, in addition to tools and hide scrapers dating back to between 900 A.D. and 1600 A.D. They have also recovered fossils of a 60-million-year-old marine oyster. The treasures were handed over to Mexico’s consulate in Portland, Oregon, by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) released a statement on Tuesday obtained by Zenger News, that said “the INAH received a lot of pieces from desert cultures, such as projectile points, flint knives, shell and bone artifacts, marine fossils and organic elements....