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Show oo 'PRE-mSTORIG DEBRIS OF THE ANCIENT RACE SOLOMONSVILLE, Ariz.. Dec. 3 Houses "built in part from the household house-hold debris of some race, tho history of which no one has any knowledge, is a peculiar feature of this village. Fragments Frag-ments of pottery, very numerous in certain localities, become mixed in the adobe clay of the large sun-dried bricks of which the houses aro constructed, con-structed, serving as a sort of binder. Thus, any householder may stand by the walls of his domicile and with his pocket knife dig out pieces of beautifully beauti-fully decorated and glazed pottery, fashioned perhaps, thousands of years ago. Also, figuring as a. common stone In the low foundation it Is quite possible to find one or more of the rude mortars in which some prehistoric prehis-toric housewife ground her corn. The water-jar of a majority of tho families here is one of the ancient ollas, mado of pottery, some over two feet in height, hundreds of which have been Jug up in perfect condition in this valley. It is well established that from the Rio Gila those ancient residents resi-dents took water for irrigation, as traces of, their canals have been found by modern builders of the same utility. Above this village the foundation wails of their communal houses extend for several miles, thus prompting the first Mexican settlers to call the region Ciudad Viejn, meaning nn ancient village. |