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Show Strange Pueblo Homes Foundon Found on Buttes Buttesof Buttesof Buttesof of Utah May Have Been 1,000 1000 , Years Old D sco\ sco scot scoery \ ery cry of old Indian d velllngs vellings veUingsof velllngsof vellingsof of a type hitherto unrcported unreported has hascast hascast hascast cast new 1 I ght on the history of ofearly ofearly ofearly early inhab t tants 1nts < of Utah accord ng ngto ngto ngto to Prof John P G 11 II n Universityof Umversltyof Umverslty University of Utah archeolog st at and anthropol anthropolO&ISt anthropolobist anthropolOfcist O&ISt OISt obist & The d veil yell veilrgs rgs found in m N ne neMile neMile neMile Mile C canyon 1nyon < fifty miles east of ofPrice ofPrice ofPrice Price Ut Utah 1h < were reported by a unl unr unlverslty unrversity university verslty versity archeolog c cal 11 < cxpedit expedlt expedit on onheaded onheadi.d onheadid head.d headd headed . . by G 11 II n The houses werelocated were werelocated werelocated 1 1head.d located on lo 10 to v butte from three to tofour totour : four hundred hundrcd feet above the canyon canyonfloor canyonfloor ! floor They were constructed w iv th thadobe thadobe thadobe adobe brick fou dal dat ons ens slantmg slanting slantmglog slantinglog slantinglog log beams and a flat fiat log roof roofthatched roofthatched rootthatched thatched w th willowsRock willowsRock willows willowsRock Rock lined hned fireplaces found mSlde inside mSldethe insidethe insidethe the houses were another prev prey pre v ously ouslyunreported ouslyunreported , unreported feature of dwellngs dwell ngs of ofI ofthat ofthat ofthat that age The houses were bu It by byPueblo byPueblo byPueblo I Pueblo people about a tI tloubjndyears ou ousand ousandyears . .lDd lDd .lDdycars . ycars years ago G II 11 ll nest n est eat m mated 1ted < and the thetype thetype thetype type of house ind cates tl t ! e a bu Iders lders Iderswere lderswere Iderswere were well advanced advancedS S mple rock loo lookout out houses houseswere houseswere were found on almost inaccess ble blep blep blep p nnacles 2 000 oao feet Ceet a above bove the can canyon canyon canyon yon lloor floor floorGII floorGil lloorGil Gil GII n 1dv adv < advin in n cd ed the theory th that thatnomad thatnomad 1t 1tnomad < nomad c tr o 0) 0 ) r s & oly 1J1y u a . LS .s s t f [ om am Umtah Ulntah Uintah Bas n forced the Pueblos Pueblosfrom Pueblosfrom Pueblosfrom from the can cannon ) on floor up to their theirbutte theirbutte theirbutte butte homes and th that 1t < the lookout lookouthouses lookouthouses lookouthouses houses on the pinnacles were bu It Itfor itfor Ittor for sentr es and as Impregnable Impregnablefortresses impregnablefortresses impregnablefortresses fortresses in 1D cise cse , ot of attacksAll attacksAll attacks attacksAll All the houses found had been beenburned beenburned beenburned burned ind md cat ng in 1D G llm Ihn Ilin s op n nIon nion nion Ion that the Pueblos had gro vn vnweary vnweary vnweary weary of the pressure exerted by bytheir bytheir bytheir their nomadic oomadlc enemies and With Withdrew withdrew withdrew drew burning burnmg their d veilings vellings as asthey asthey asthey they left It is also poss pass ble that thatthey thatthey thatthey they \ were cre fired by attackers or de destroyed destroyed destroyed stroyed by 1 I ghtn ng they saidOne saidOne said saidOne One of the unsolved myster es m in mthe inthe inthe the archeolog cal study of Utah Is Iswhy iswhy iswhy why the Pueblos d sappearo sappeare 1 I after afterdeveloping afterdeveloping afterdeveloping developing a Li f.J fJ . riy rly ray h gh st state 1te < of ofc ofc ofc c vil vII Z zat 1t < on |