MEXICO. - Researchers from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH in spanish) discovered eight temporary camps in "Sierra del Mayor", in Baja California, Mexico, and whose age is estimated to range between 400-7000 years old.

INAH in a statement said that in the camps-linked with the cucapa (Cocopah) people and culture- were found hundreds of bones from animals (some whom are already extinct), ceramic, lithic artifacts and locations where they mined for iron oxide which they used for body painting and murals.

This discovery was made in a rocky area of the "Sierra del Mayor", located south of Mexicali, capital of Baja California, after three years of exploration and with the collaboration of the Cocopah Indians.

Archaeologist Antonio Porcayo, who was in charge of a research project on archaeological sites in Baja California, explained that the Cocopah "are one out of four races of the Yuman people", originally from the northwestern state where "they have inhabited for at least 2,000 years, based on their linguistic roots."

Porcayo also mentioned that some of these camps were inhabited between 400-2000 years ago, while other nomadic groups prior to this culture lived here about 7,000 years ago.

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