| Show THREE PRIMITIVE RACES LIVED IN THIS DISTRICT evidences that three separate cultures varying in antiquity from approximately one to two thousand years existed among the ancient pueblo indians who inhabited the country of the colorado river in southeastern utah have been found judging from the comparative scarcity of cliff dwelling and camp sites ruins these primitive utahna who subsisted mainly on beans squash and corn lived there but a short time nor was the colorado ever a much traveled waterway such are a few of the interesting announcements noun cements by dr julian H steward professor of anthropology and ar che at the university of utah who with byron hughes professor of anthropology at the university of michigan and others recently returned after a months month s scientific expedition under the auspices of the university of utah prom from the mouth of the fremont river to lee lees s ferry perry the archaeologists traced the spread of pueblo civilization in its more northerly aspects although no excavations were made the group located 35 ancient indian camp sites and cliff dwellings among them a seven room rum ruin about 1500 3 sears errs old A study of fragments of broken pottery stone bowls for corn grinding ceremonial rooms and casts and of picture writing occasionally found resulted in the conclusion that three distinct cultures had at different periods inhabited the river country supplementing the work of his recent c ent expedition dr steward left with another party on august I 1 for a three weeks study of indian remains around the northern tributaries tributa ries of the colorado in kane and garfield counties |
