Show 0 CLIPP CLIFF EXPLORER tracing the ancestors ot of the pu eblo indians in their migration from the shores of 0 the great salt lake southward through utah and the colorado bo colorado lorado river has been the worl of neil M judd curator of amerl ameri can archaeology of oe the united states national museum at washington D C during the past five years I 1 mr judd is in salt lake visiting his father L r P judd who is secretary I 1 ot of the board of oe colu education calion ile he has completed a six weeks week exploration in southern utah and northern arizona and is engaged in pre preparing parIno Fre reports ports of his findings for the museum e at washington when tile the reports are completed lie he will cont continua contin inu uc his explorations in new SI Ill exico where other bands of 0 the ancient pueblo indians are said to have wandered mr judd is enthusiastic over his findings findings in southwestern utah lie ile reports that many new dew ruins were discovered and that few regions ol of southern utah are without evidences of prehistoric habitations duran during a period of five years mr judd has conducted explorations toi for the national museum in this period he has haa traced the present pueblo in III deans d aus from the shores of the great salt lake southward through utah and across the colorado river into regions where they now live lie ile has determined that the people as they lived lived about the great salt lake more than one thousand years ago built their home in the open each e ch family living apart and that it was not until after they migrated to the southernmost portions of utah cliff dwellings were built and tile the different clans combined into tribes through discoveries in the ruins I 1 and present customs of the pueblos mr judd has concluded that the first I 1 belonged to these peoples he has determined that children ot of a family became members ol of their others clan and that the women were the property properly owners who dictated in which direction the tally should rove the first apartment liou houses s es were the products of the pueblos method ol of living after reaching southern utah according to the investigations some of the cliff dwellings found both in utah and on tile the opposite side of the colorado river cou tain as many as rooms F from roin tle the trip mr judd is sending rending to the na national dional museum several new specimens of pottery jars and bowls arrows a fragment of belt made from black human hair and white goat hair pictures ot of the most pretentious ruins and an exhaustive hau stive report of finds will be included 01 one of the best indications of the increase in civilization of the people as they migrate from the shores tot of the salt lake towards south ern utah and the colorado river la Is the kiva or village meeting house ac chiding to mr judd ile he has found indications althe of the kiva always a circular stone structure la in all the habitations which have been explored As he went towards the colorado river tile the kiva became larger and ana more elaborate and the runs because of less age were better only a beginning wa was s found near the great salt lake while the be fully developed meeting house is found in southern utah the trip included pariah Pa plateau buckskin Bucks kiu gulch house rock valley rim of the grand canyon bright angel creek Mo canyon nall nail candon can on upper kanala creek acot conwood ton wood and surrounding country mr judd was accompanied only by a guide water was scarce and at times on oil the trip it was necessary to forget about a 1 little ccuin or the wigglers wigg lers which infested water in pockets among the rocks on pariah plateau where here numerous ancient dwellings were found it was wag determined that the peoples must have depended on such water pockets or lived there only during the winter when snow could be melted in buckskin gulch which is hun deeds of feet in depth and in places so narrow that a man mail can jump across a gravel bank was found which was reputed to be a dam built jy the ancient people mr air judd be deves ieves it to be a natural deposit of gravel ravel aich turned the stream into mother iother tr channel bright angel creek was only explored partially due to lo high water and dangerous trails several ruins were vere round in the lower halt half of the anyon below deaver beaver creek most of which proved to be storage rooms sear upper falls some of the lest est preserved cliff dwellings were discovered following sir air judd s report to dashington it is thought that excavations will be made in the most pre envious ruins in an attempt to dis over further facts about the life of he people which have not been translated were found in various ruins and it is hoped to unearth others figures of goats abound on the walls of the better re sered cliff clia houses |