Show I. I RUINS BARE INDIAN CRADLE IN ARIZONA Region Is Oldest Inhabited Area in United States I i 1 I I Hopi Indian Reservation Ariz The origin of the famous Hopi Indian Indian In In- dian ceremonials may be discovered discovered ered cred this year by a group of Harvard university scientists who have spent most of two years here seeking evidence to fill many unwritten unwritten unwritten un un- written chapters in the Southwest's year 1600 history John O. O Brew of the Peabody museum museum mu mu- seum has announced a term long program of excavation of hundreds of Hopi ruins scattered along the windswept mesa of the Jeddito val val- ley I He also reported ported the findings of the scientists' scientists two years of intensive intensive sive research summarized thusly 1 This region is part of the oldest oldest oldest old old- est continuously inhabited area in inthe inthe inthe the United States and holds an archeological record of the rise and fall faU of a great people 2 Test diggings have revealed the progressive record of the people from about A. A D. D 3 3 Fifty gaily colored well wen preserved preserved preserved pre pre- served wall paintings were found buried in kivas and showed the development development development de de- de- de of Indian art from pure geometric design to the first elementary elementary elementary ele ele- attempts at realism He said they will be significant for tracing tracing tracing trac trac- ing origins of the spectacular Hopi religious festivals and the intricate Hopi social system Study Indian Life 4 A clear picture has been drawn r of the true effects of the invading white while civilization on a highly developed developed developed devel devel- aboriginal people Brew said the long program now planned will uncover 1 as as far as possible every aspect of Indian life in this valley from its earliest oc oc- Hundreds of dwelling sites will be examined Ruins will be tested to reach sources of important supplies of pottery clay stone and mines Ancient methods of fuel handling and firing pottery also will be sought The discovery of the Hopi murals Brew reported was the most important important important im im- im- im achievement of last years year's expedition was selected for first elaborate testing from six six- ty-one ty archeological sites was the scene of one of ot the most notorious massacres of the Southwest The tiny village was one of the first Hopi centers encountered by Coronados Coronado's men in their march of 1540 The Hopi and the white men were close friends until 1680 when the Indians joined their pueblo neighbors and ejected the Span Span- Eight Hundred Adults Slaughtered The massacre was was was' detonated most authorities agree when the people of welcomed the Spaniards back several years later in defiance of their red brothers In 1779 the neighboring villagers attacked the people and slaughtered the adults and razed the town Thus after 1600 years one of primitive Arizona's most important important important im im- communities became only a at ruined city Brews Brew's report disclosed the scientists scientists scientists have gathered and listed more mor than fragments which give detailed pictures of the evolution of the Indian arts in the they five centuries of their highest de de- de Occupation of Jed Jeddito ito valley first inhabited by the basket makers was recorded as ils continuous to modern modern modern mod mod- ern times The basket makers were described as pioneer Indian farmers who lived before the development development development de de- of the pueblo civilization |