The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-11
CLIFF JEWELLERS
ARE DIFFERENT
Ancient Skeleton of Woman
Proves This
Theory.
so SAYS PROF.. HEWEII
so SAYS PROF. HEWETT
BONES UNEARFHED IN MAKING
AN EXCAVATION.

AIClAeoiOEy. anu OlItCNOA
Edgar l.. Hewett after making an ex-
animation of the specimen has made
the following statement concerning It:
The skeleton is that of an Indian
woman. probably under twenty years
Of age at death The Uranium and
some OF the long bones were recovered
The stature was low. not to exceed five
feet. and the muscular development
rather small. The teeth were In good
condition, the full number Deing pres
ent.s the wisdom teeth having the ap-
pearance OF having been recently cut
The skull is greatly flattened at the
back on the right side. This artificial de-
formation OF the skull was character
istic Of all the ancient tribes Of the
Rio Grande valley 1t was doubtless
caused by the binding of the head upon
typical dolicocephalic skull. the long,
narrow type. This is Of especial inter
est because Of the fact that the Pueblo
Indians Of the present day are pre-
dominantly brachycephalic: short.
broad headed. there being from fifteen
to twenty-five per cent Of the other
characteristic that we were able TO de-
termine that the ancient cliff dwellers
and mesa jewellers of the Pajartto
plateau west Of the Rio Grande were
not Identical with the Pueblo Indians
the former having been a perfectly
pure stock. one hundred per cent doll
cocephalic. while the Pueblos are n
mixed stock. but predominately brachy-
cephalic. short. broad headed
This fact would seem 20 relate the
Inhabitants Of prehistoric Santa re
TO the ancient Pajaritans (the name we
have given TO the prehistoric culture
west of the Rio Grande). more closely
than the modern Pueblos. 1t would be
most interesting II II should be found
that that ancient culture ages ago
oversDread the entire Rio Grande val
ley. -, .o.,..,,. o.,.,,,s,
that the Pueblos are composed OF a
strain OF the old Pajaritan stick 10
which was added a much stronger
strain from somewhere else. The older
/ culture prevailed and survives in great
/ part to the present time, because the
| climatic conditions OF the time ana
I place naturally tended to the establish
I ment Of Pueblo habits. mode OF life.
social order and religion But the
physical character. and probably the
I language OF the newcomers prevailed.
| In this connection. Mr.. Harrington has
recently made the Intensely interest
I Ing discovery ANNOUNCED in the cur
rent number Of the American Anthro-
I poloEisD. that there is striking
| similarity between one Of the PueblOs
| dialects and the Kiowa OF the Great
"The Tewa name for the site where
/ Santa Fe now stands was Euapoge.'
| (Tewa: The place OF the shell beads
near the water). and a large terraced
/ pueblo stood on the Fort Marcy hill,
where the military breastworks have
| long covered its ruined walls 4 smaller
pueblo. later called Analco' tAnalco;
I -
/ nalli the other side. CO, on. 'On the 9TH
/ er side of the water') stood south OF the
/ Rio Santa Fe, on the site Of san Nil
guel church. Some years ago L called
I attention to the fact that portions Of
I its walls still exist in the foundations
| Of the so-called oldest house IN Santa
Fe' built upon the ruins Of the Indian
pueblo early in the seventeenth cen
l fury. We now know that a third pue-
bio existed in very early times IN the
valley north OF the river. There IS an
U an rfg INF n
/ back part of the old palace and the al
/ teratiOnE of the building necessary for
/ the purposes OF the museum disclosed
/ within the massive wall OF the central
| axis portions of an ancient puddled
/ wall. characteristic Of Indian archi-
/ lecture before the art OF making adobe
] bricks was learned from the Spaniards;
| Identical with the fragments OF puddled
I walls formerly to be seen in the Ioun-
/ datfons Of the oldest house and IN
Z der the Qualifications OF Fort Marcy
I also Identical with those that we have
/ discovered in the course OF our eNca-
| vations at Perage, prehistoric san
/ udefonso. the ruin that is cut through
/ by the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
| a mile north Of It's Iron bridge Abiqulu
/ and Ojo Caliente. These walls evident
/ " survived the partial destruction OF
1 the palace in 1880
/ None OF these towns were occupied
| at the time when the Santa Fe valley
was first seen by white men Al were
/ in ruins, but the evidences at rand
| Justify the belief that n one could have
| stood upon the spot where the city now
| stands, looking east from the site OF
1 the Church of our Lady Of Guadalupe,
/ five hundred years ago. there would
4 have been seen on what we call Fort
| cradle size. consisting OF one large ter
| Marcy hill, an Indian town OF consid-
| raced pueblo and one or more smaller
/ buildings near by. a kiva or sanctuary
I OF the hill side; south Of the river, on
I san Miguel slope. a small pueblo two
stories high. and passing back and forth
I from these two towns TO the river.
I then considerably larger than now. the
/ water carriers with their ollas on their
I heads In the foreground, where the
\ historic old Palace has undergone the
4 vicissitudes OF nearly three centuries,
would have been seen cluster OF ru-
ined mounds. the remains OF an carrier
| town over which some Of the earliest
! houses of Santa Fe were doubuessly
built. ~, .,-.s,-
/ toric Santa Fee and for it there IS
| abundant documentary and Archaeology
cal evidence. In this form IL VIII be
Il presented by Carl LOtavc in the first
I ~ n cycle OF paintings now being exc
4 cuted for the historic corridor in the
archaeological museum in the Old Pal
ace representing the principal epochs
TT is Of the greatest Importance
that all archaeological remains uncov-
cred In works OF building and ditch
ing in and about Santa Fe be careful
u " preserved. This is especially so OF
! skeletons. for no other evidence throws
so much light on the problems OF the
earliest inhabitants OF this region, the
ancestry OF the Pueblo Indians and
Kindred questions. II is hoped that
All such remains will be placed in the
museum where they can be scientifi-
cailv studied and their value made
known Otherwise. they are utterly
lost The museum and what IL contains
| solely for their benefit and n all Join
in its upbuilding 70 can become a great
Institution for public education.
when remains are found. II the mu.
I scum h. notified. a member OF its staff
| viii 20 at once 90 assist in recovering
them and preparing them for removal
Valuable specimens are often damaged
bevond recovery by careless or un-
| skilled handling. and. moreover. In
| every case there are certain observa-
ground while the specimen IS in place
by one who Is accustomed to such
work In the study OF ancient life
nothing IS more instructive than the
~, rnunccfpd with burial. Ir