Peñon woman orPeñon Woman III is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of aPaleo-Indian woman found by an ancient lake bed in Pueblo Peñón de los Baños inMexico City in 1959.[1]
Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle ofLake Texcoco.[2]
The skeleton's age has been estimated byradiocarbon dating by Silvia Gonzalez ofLiverpool John Moores University.[3] Her14C date is 10,755±55 years[2] (12,705 cal years) BP.
She is one of the oldest human remains found in theAmericas.[4][5][6]
Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to the historicPericú people ofBaja California, who also shared similar physical traits.[7]