Show KIVAS ARE UNEARTHED BY DOG ancient ancient ceremonial chambers discovered in new mexico indian tombs throw light on an first civilization on conti continent nent pottery utensils and handiwork also discovered bunla N BI 1 to u prairie log dog and aluni a ludian belongs tho the credit tor for discovery of two ancient kivas or ceremonial chanbers chaw bers of prehistoric indian life in ili western new mexico valuable relies relics were mere discovered it la Is be ildved may throw additional light on earliest civilization in this country the find was made while frank W hodge au an archaeologist of new york und and it zuni indian were making ecca bica vilt ions at the old abandoned village of in southwestern AIcKin McK laley ley county the indian noticed human bolles boiler in the loose dirt around tile frashi freshly y dug habitat of a prairie lug the dogs underground course 1 with it i shovel lie he came to the remainder of the skeleton rind and then to a flue flee piece of masonry which led blin into the klans alvas mr ir hodge draws the conclusion that the kivas were the work of indians front from tile soil san juan district of colorado rather than ot of the burits of this this 8 see c tion the masonry was well preserved anil and not at oil all like the careless work of the the structure was more inore like the ruins in ili the aztec mesu mesa verde anil and clico canyon canion on the kivas were ap patently parent ly the work of later peoples ten burials that were unearthed sir air hodge believes were those hose of bunla of latter times wa oj kiva was seventeen feet in diameter anil and its itis walls tonne tin an almost perfect elide circle the deviation front from the circle being not dot more that than in an inch the other was w as about four feet smaller mr hodge Is working under the auspices of tile the museum of the american indian foundation new york ld ed collin of the same fame institution und and eighteen zuni indians tire are ns blin in ills his fifth year of investigation of the vill hinge villager agea u place nt at one time inhabited by the earliest liest spanish conquistadores to ili the sixteenth century in their search for gold the present years i ears work has r recovered many exhibits ot of pottery utensils and ami crude handiwork of tile the early occupants occur of the dwellings ns na well its as some bome seeds apparently in ili a good state of preservation mr air hodges came camp Is eleven miles southwest of and alft fifty miles front from gallup on the gallup st johns highway |