Peñon woman

Peñon woman or Peñon Woman III is the name for the human remains, specifically a skull, of a Paleo-Indian woman found by an ancient lake bed near Mexico City in 1959.

Peñon Woman III was found on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.

The skeleton's age has been estimated by radiocarbon dating by Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool John Moores University. Her ¹⁴C date is 10,755±55 years (12,705 cal years) BP. She is one of the oldest human remains found in the Americas.

Gonzalez theorizes that Peñon woman is related to the historic Pericú people of Baja California, who also shared similar physical traits.