Show prehistoric MURDER FARM UNEARTHED NEAR CORTEZ denver colo jan 8 discovery of hat Is believed to be the remains ota prehistoric murder farm in the crumpled stone alvas marking the site of a settlement which existed near cortez colo about A D was revealed today by paul 8 martin curator of archaeology archeology arche for the state historical society of colorado members of an expedition headed by martin worked their way with picks through the walls of the ruins and discovered secret underground passages which are believed to have been used by medicine men to enable them to perform seemingly miraculous disappearances of tribal people the seamans shamans or medicine men had to make a living said martin and to ao that they had to fool the people we are certain that but few of the inhabitants of these ruins knew of these secret passages Well ding their picks the excavators excava tors penetrated tour feet of debris which had accumulated during the centuries and found the remains of fourteen persons flung into a heap which covered six square feet martin reported so gruesome was the discovery that the site has been named chamel house tower three skulls were found for which there were no bodies and each skull contained a deep fracture which the explorers said told plainly enough of the death blow with a stone hatchet the skeletons were found in the so called alvas a hopi indian word meaning a special chamber constructed for ceremonials drawings of men wearing masks were found on the walls of the nuns ruel J pete taylor returned saturday to ely nevada after spending the christmas holidays with relatives in moab |