Overview
- A landowner discovered the fragment on June 2 along the Whitewater River in Fayette County and promptly reported it to the sheriff’s department.
- Specialists at the University of Indianapolis Human Identification Center determined the fragment was human and from an adult.
- Radiocarbon testing by the University of Georgia’s Center for Applied Isotope Studies dated the bone to roughly 2300 B.C.
- Coroner Eddie Richardson announced the results on Indigenous Peoples’ Day and praised the reporting landowner as well as the multi-agency collaboration.
- The coroner’s office is coordinating with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and is awaiting guidance on repatriation and site management.