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Show PUWS IN MAKING FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOUR Permission Granted U. of U. to Conduct Investigation Investiga-tion of Cliff Dwellers. Rich Field of Little Zion Canyon to Be Object of Exploit. Following- closely in the wake of Dean Byron Cu minings. who pioneered the archaeological work in the desert waste lands of southern Utah a r.d northern Arizona. Vraie&zor Lvvi Kilcrar Young of the University of Utah has made tentative ten-tative plans for a summer's expedition into Little Zin eariyon to explore and cxojvato a number of cliff dwellings which hae Lvcn l.uit recently brought to puM.e noiice. A'uirew A. Kerr, assistant in the depart ment of a r.-iuu-ology at the unhersiiv, wiii be in charge oi the ix-pelinon. ix-pelinon. r. J. W'jiio. manager of the Wylie camps in Li ; tie '.ion canyon, has deterred de-terred tourists f rum despoiling Lie rums and ransj'.'kms t iu-m of their vahia&le relies of a prehistoric age. Mr. Wyhe has promisid to cooperate in every possible possi-ble way with members of the university expedition in their excavations and explorations. ex-plorations. Approval Is Given. In a recetn let tor from t he New National Na-tional mi:.-eum at Washington. D. C, the University of Utah his Leon granted perir.;sVc:i tu carry on archaeological research re-search worh on tb.e government reservations. reserva-tions. Thu details of organizing the expedition ex-pedition and making arrangements for transportation to the field ot action remain re-main i:iicev.;:!-.ted. but it is believed that the ex pedition ill leave some time in .1 u!y. Coincidental iy with Professor Young's expe di: ion. anoth.e r expedition, ie.J by Le'.n Cummings. announcement of which Has made a week ago, will be conducted ,'n the iiil'mi '.and of northern Arizona, in the htart of t. e Navajo reservation. Uoth expeditions ha e been indorsed by the New National museum, wi th special permits t-o e x c a a t o ancient ruins and to bring all the reitos of the ancient ciiif Owellers back to the respective museums. Other Explorations Made. During :ie summer of 3 i 1 3 Niel M. Judd. a iVn.ier stu-ient of the University o:" Utali a r.d now in charge of tr.e anthropological an-thropological department of the New National Na-tional museum, made a . reconnaissance tour of .-out norm T'taii. ex c:i valine a cir-cu;ar cir-cu;ar cliff d'.v lung near Kanab and journey jour-ney ing far into t ..e canyons ieadmg off t .-..m Zio'i canyon. The results of this expedition shrwd a close relationship r twi-.?n t ho mound" builders of Utah and the eh 'f d -cel'tc-rs. denoting a migration northward. At the conclusion of the expedition ex-pedition Mr. Judd excavated some hun-ur-d mr.ms in the mound? at Beaver City. Utah. A recent pamphlet published by tv-e New National museum treated sci- entiticaily the results of th j pioneer Professor George Wilbur Phaw, at that ' time professor of English of the Ur.iver- J , sr.y of Utah, accompanied Mr. Judd on l:iis expedition. When he returned to the j cim he ".rote a number of descriptive; j cems. pointing the purvle me.-- lands in; art rr.r.-is-rs ar,.l choice- wordings. His j'frrs ha ve b-en corn men teJ upon by a j number o: eastern :ra;:zi:!f ; and have received re-ceived the iiiuorsemcnt ar.d praise of i m.iy stem, ajttere cities. Cummings Trip Important. t'rofes'Oi ("unnnin-s's trip promises to j be one of the features c :' the scientific! world t'Uj sua me-.-. In addition to the 1 excavs inn uf a large ruin sout h c f , IN ava.'o mouiitain. t he dean has mapped ; out a nunv'T of interestinc side trip' to the Grarj am-nn of Arizona. Mor.u- mcn;ai park, trie Kainbow undcre ar.d to , : the I-iopi village, arrn ins" at the.-e pueblos i in time to se1 t:e famous ?r.ake dance. j Processor Young, with Mr. Kerr as as-! 'istaut ar.d d'r-.ct'-r of field work, has i a r:0. achatolosr' al field to explore, and j !h? rsuits nf the trip sr.oul i add in-vapjabie in-vapjabie collections to the already well i'iid coffers of t:i Utah nmsetim. : cince t:i- disappointed Spaniards eave ; up their ain search for the ancient cities of Cibola, archaei'-iotrists and .-cien ists havo scare!1'' vl indeia tltrabb- for these wonderful cities. If the Indian legend3 i were iru rt regard to the buried gold I nuggets in the cliff ralaces son-: o where in : tlie ir.es 3. land to ( r. north of what Is j row k no-'n as Mexico, researchers will uncover the Indue n villages. Interest Is Revived. The inter t in the c i i es of C i bo 1 a has b cr e n revived b u f recency b y a , t-tr;me talc toid by Will.am fiarxes cr : fan Juan. v. 'no lias b e f rt a ' t e n i i n g the! University of Utah. Mr. Primes says j that years a'o - he n he was herding j cartle in tiie land bordering on the Grand t canyon he uas taken to a ttrarce cliff I ri'veikng, in a ra e hign up in Lie tide j of a dc") canyon. The Indian guMe, who v.-.is a Navajo, shoved hi:n a numaer of! Jargr; cod iiugt'e's ho had taken from a 'orruated olla in one of the ro'-ms of the Mr. Rarr"s crawled up Into the rock-a;:tl rock-a;:tl -mortar dweih: f. where he saw four 5 ke'ct j, mane oil a 9 and pots. The Navaio was very superstitious and when the shadows gathered ho refus'-d to remain re-main rear the village, for fear tr.e spirits of a is great a nee s tor 3 would do hnn r a -m. Smco thai time Mr. Parnes has made t ever? 1 a tt em:,t s to find the villa gf, but without sii"''':y. It & lost in the nhrages and intrh -are arroo and canyons of the grat fvif;,v h-.;, awn,: : ng tho magic tr.uii of a L-reat explorer to brinj? it to lU'ht. Prof 0? or Young will poon have final 5::;m s'.M.enti mado for his summer's ex-p'lit ex-p'lit L-an t'timiTiings will leave az ' i- rf. A riz , July 1 frr the N'a vajo rCM:at:on. tn bf 'in ar'i'o r1-r a rrh work In one of the largest cliff dwellings ever d'feo'ered. |
