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Show Site Near Lake Yields Wealth Of Indian Articles Yielding a large collection of the pottery of Shoshone Indians, as ;well as a wealth of other Indian articles, ar-ticles, a site on the shores of Utah lake west of Pleasant" Grove has been , excavated by University of Utah archaeology students. The artifacts have been taken to the University of Utah archaeology museum, and form the largest collection col-lection of Shoshone pottery owned by any museum in the country. One hundred students, many of whom were making their first expedition, ex-pedition, found 4,000 specimens of Shoshone life on a site 100 yards from the shore-of Utah lake Elmer R. Smith, who announced the find, said the discovery is important in adding to the record of tribes in this region. He is concerned with establishing estab-lishing a chronological record of Indians in the Great Basin. Professor Smith said the site covers cov-ers approximately four acres. The specimens were found about eight inches below the surface, and include in-clude hand scrapers, arrow points, ; gam tools, corn grinders, monoliths i and other evidences of Indian life The absence of permanent dwellings and the fact the site is located at a point where the lake receded anc advanced several times, indicates it was only temporary. Calling the particular civilization "modern Shoshone," the U. instructor instruc-tor said the discovery should aid in determining if those Indians and the Promontories who lived farther north, were contemporary. If this fact can be established, he added, it would aid in computing chronology of Indians of the Great Basin. He established the age of the site at more than 100 years. |