Show archaeology GY IN UTAH southern utah an exceptionally good field for students Stu denta of antiquities new scientific discoveries pertaining to the prehistoric inhabitants of utah were reported last week by prof A A kerr head of the department of archaeology at the unil university erdity of utah prof kerr has just returned from a three weeks trip to southern utah where he discovered disco ered some very good specimens specimen 3 of pottery a new natural bridge and an ancient burial ground containing SO 30 bodies one of the graves unearthed contained 16 small jars alongside the body of the man indicating lie he was a chieftain while another contained 8 pieces of pottery one body was found foun I 1 buried in a sitting posture while another grave gave up only a head with no body the pottery found fo und was not unlike all cliff dweller ware in its coloring but never before have such unique de design signes ea been found as the ones used in the pottery just unearthed alan along with the earthenware were found a great number of axes amulets amulet stone arrows and other implements implement pl clement ement ts of prehistoric worth all the specimens discovered will be added to the already large caller collection tion in the archaeological museum at ar the university of utah the university of utah through h its explorations and dico discoveries veries is dem on that right here in the state there are as many possibilities for the student of antiquities as an any y place upon pon the globe according to prof kerr the cliff dwellers just explored had attained a a high degree of progress they knew how to build with a sense of proportion as well as how to set up a building for permanency w while hile the their r pottery potters and designing showed very high principals of art the fact that utah ii a veritable treasure house for antiquities can be seen very readily in the valuable collection of relies relics in the state museum at the university |