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Show Nonnezoshi Arch, Southern UtahArchaeology c HE Utah branch of the Archaeological Institute of America has once more brought glory to itself and its State. Under the leadership of Dean Cummings, a small party threaded its way across the white sands of southern Utah into the unknown regions of northern Arizona and brought back with them, last Fall, some of the most wonderful "cliff-dwelling" material ever recovered by scientific men. The collection is composed of baskets, red, and "black and white'' pottery from the caves and communal houses of Kaenta Canyon; burial robes, mats and skeletal remains from the Sega; and ceremonial paraphernalia, corn, grass seeds and other grains from the Sega-ot-Sosa. Two large cliff-houses, never before seen by white man, were discovered and excavated. Several other dwellings, ranging in size from fifty to one hundred and fifty rooms, were photographed and studied for the first time in history. These "original" opportunities have resulted in much new information on the "Cliff-Dwellers"-information which will be made public within the year.Besides the work done among the haunts of pre-historic man, the party gained a record for discovery. Wending their way over rocky trails and rocks without trails, lowering their horses over cliffs with ropes, tramping through blistering hot sands, dragging their exhausted animals after them, the University men proceeded, even after their Indian guides had revolted. In unraveling a Navajo tradition concerning a huge stone bridge, somewhere in the lace-work of canyons on the slopes of Navajo mountain, the party endured all these and other hardships, but finally succeeded, making known to the world the existence of Se-Nonnezoshi, the greatest natural arch in the world.(180 ) |
