The Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Attic archeology
A skull found by roofers in a Tooele attic is that of a young native American woman, says a state archaeologist. But much of the mystery surrounding the skull's discovery may never be solved.

A sample from the skull has been sent to a radiocarbon lab in Florida that will determine when the woman died. At that point, Utah's Indian tribes will have an opportunity to claim it.

But what may never be explained, is where the skull came from, who who cleaned it up, and why was it stored in the attic of a Tooele dentist who lived in the house for 65 years.

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