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Fossilized bones of Sirenians (the order that includes past and present manatee species), such as these examples from a site in Tampa Bay, are not uncommon on archaeological sites in Florida. But unfossilized bones of more recent manatees (from the last 12,000 years) are quite rare — suggesting sea cows may have been infrequent visitors to the Florida peninsula before the modern era.
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Thomas J. Pluckhahn
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