| Show ANCIENT discovered W i MARSH PASS ariz nava navajo indians stories of a prehistoric in diall awe dwelling ou on a black mesa a 2400 sainam mile lullo area in northeastern arizona arizol ia led this month to the recording and first survey of a thirteenth century ruin by bd of the rainbow bridge if valley V a 11 0 y Expedit expedition dou which Is ia working summer in territory centering in tile tho na injo indian reservation lly ity following navajo wagon trails IN rarely us used by motor cars cara and then lien cutting across a flat arm area covered with desert legeta tion nn an expedition fleet of three fold bord V 8 station wagons arrived pt at the foot of a foot rise known to 0 tho the cavajos navajoa ft as Kit katsell sell the 1010 place pincer of broken pottery true to tile the lore of the texo indians thousands of fragments of pueblo pottery ry covered tho the slopes up which the climbed at t the crest they found foun severa several walls of sandstone slab and mor t ar still standing and at one pill plino ve an all entrance years old wits soon seen one wall reaches to a height of 12 feet A A three story communal dwelling tho loila alc forerunner of the modern apartment house Is indicated by lie ho structures visible it la Is believer that 11 pueblo neblo houses terraced the slope a portion of the wily way down from the cresta and set mial nrc are na abo 4 odthe of tho opinion that eliere apio may lie be evidence of earlier 4 under lying the mans now flow visible bovery fragments trag ments examined by place uio the ruin la in tho the pueblo III era of the early cultures from 1100 to 0 o 1300 ohp th fragments reveal an artistry in pottery work woric which Is of tua the finest type in the hie region in which tile fl la Is working work lne do de nie are painted with bredt skill in n varying color combinations other evidence of 0 kusell habl babl centuries ago included tho the remains of a human ex amed by the weather it was ludt amed that the body had bad been beell thrown in a cleft between high roe its not more than 75 76 feet f from rom the itle nearest dwelling room there was also found on a stone of the ado wall a queer pictograph which believe was a religious symbol i knowledge of bf early eras in tho the act points to the fact that dwelling sites such 03 na of the pueblo 11 II culture were abandoned suddenly lato into in ill tile e when a prea grea t drought alrack the the n ra v of tb monument valley kniley expedit an now flow world ng tin oil tile tie atooli ment valley territory in a fleet of 14 44 ford cars and ami aft represent and IN n till all parts of the country prior to in their of the cirii ruin expedition surveyors and mildo n two day reconnaissance over the nor nort theng henf All of black mesa alesa numerous slaps evidence of anel tint elvill bation were mapped and doil deil n ya 3 a 11 part of the expeditions a tiro pro leat lect of addinga adding to the knowledge 4 the he southwest Son thweat of the pill past x t reconnaissance for the tion ion la is led by ben W life ife long student of 0 the navajoa md and grebl prebl pueblo cultures cultured it t was through ahlm that tho the expedition tion learnd learn frd of 0 abe be lat belt aielt ruin and through his know ledge edge of tile the monument valley irea area and its ito peoples the tha empol tion ion hopes to make valuable lons to the int mation on the oa na lons 1110 south southwest wes t terri territory tor Y |
