The Ancient Digger

The Ancient Digger


Here's a Reason to Stop Building on Burial Grounds

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT

I remember watching the 1982 movie The Poltergeist when the graves of Indians appeared out of the wet, rainy mud. Totally freaky at the time! Of course, what can you expect when you build your abode over an  ancient Indian burial site. So where did Miami's mega-developer Jorge Perez build his largest project? Exactly where he shouldn't have: atop an ancient Indian burial site.

The curse of the Miami Circle is unfolding before our eyes. The latest news is that Perez and his partners have been forced to return a majority of the $1 billion ICON Brickell complex to its lenders.

Read More on The Curse of the Ancients  via Biscayne Times

Archaeologist Bob Carr (left) at the Miami Circle site in 1999. Photo courtesy of HistoryMiami

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