At least 800 years ago, a Native American man died. A woman found his bones while landscaping her yard.

Between 800 and 1,000 years ago, a young Native American man died in what is now Antioch Township near Fox Lake, Ill., and after all those years, a homeowner inadvertently dug up the bones while working on a landscaping project last September, opening a window into the past.

"It was something else. It was scary, funny, and exciting all at once," said the 58-year-old homeowner, who said she didn't want her name used.

She had been digging to build a terrace on an eroding hill on her property, and while shoveling about a foot down, she came across what she thought were probably