Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-01
COPPER
BELLS SUBJECT
OF REPORT
Smithsonian Institute Tells of
Prehistoric Chimes Found
on LOSING Ranch Near
Phoenix, Some Time Ago.


phooniN NtIl june 800 According
TO report scat ult DO, William ~
liolmos, hppd uHiu of ih. depart
m,m off authropulusS of The smith
sunian institute. tho ancient copper
bclls found u Nat un DO, lostiug
tHnrh near her, uIp prehistoric. and
probably autclatu the advent oft Ihc
Spanish people into America The r,i.
ics we're sem Go tuy institute tor as.
animation nF DW -u. o. Heard OF this
ICtN aud bore every evidence %. being
relics of prehistoric civilization.
The matter was referred to Charles
Nulootl The secretary OF lhU insti.
utc. whose lctrr fu Mr. Heard. CON.
tanning lu, report oi Dr j Wultc,
Fowkcs Was received las' week aad
forwarded to NJ urals boo The east
and by DIS direction toe report Nas
turned over iu iup Republican
~ FcWk,s attached 90 the bureau
Ot American ,-hnolosN Was peculiar
| iy lifted 90 make "a rrpol, on ih,
relics. ass he hd himself found sim.
| ilJr bells iu Oh, southern part of All.
IONA, ana has specialized in this d,
par,mout OF research The more per
.,cl OF the Two bells was returned
With th' report 1y Nj Hcards rc.
| quest the other one being held tor
| analysis This may require SOME
| Time but ihc result at the auiNsi-
naturally OF great interest 90 the 900
| pie of Arizona, will be- forwarded nN
| the secretary of the Institute as soon
ts IL is completed.
la addition to the report of Dr
! FcWkcs. a brief statement by Mr VII
! liam u Holmes. head curator OF an
thfopology, was forwarded. lie wIot,
with roipsonc, 10 the construction ol
the bells
IA is assumed. hc said. that Oh
iocts of this class, made boy hy Mex
leans. were as q rule cast iu some
! Kind of mold. at least IN part. Ga,
lothcr part being produced by hammer
ing. but the methods have NOT peer
moro than partially Investigated
The report OF Dr FcWkcs follows
The situation at tho mound as Civ
en- ju Mr. Iloards letter iH approNl
matcly The same as one of those de
scrihod In my article on the Caea'
Grandcs ar Great Houses of th" ''lla
and / believe 10 the same This u'"'n'
situated two miles west OF Phoenix
is prehistoric or ~ least anieiaie'
the advent OF Europeans into the Glli
valley
In nv excavations In dinercn
parts at Arizona. I hav, repeatedly
uuud copper Riils, one or jNo %
which closely resemble those r"icrro
tn above \ specimen found at Fuu
Milc.Ruu lscc end Annual Ropor
lR. ~ ls approximately tho same. al
though much couudod and anothc
from ruin on tha Little Colorado D
even closer ina size The latter haf
human face IN elici ON one side. tn
three copper bells found a' Casa Gran
Ne are smaller than those here con
sidcrcd aud moro spherical In shape
Nonc show as well a. one OF ihcs
the marks at coils The copper bell
have found were generally buried
which impligs. bat does not prove aS'
ANY suggestion might make ahuu
their origin Or original pruNcnAnc
from u microscopic examination
would be- speculative have AWAY
regarded the Arizona copper bells q
made IN NcNico, bat aboriginal IN
chemist could hs analysts dctormin
whether the copper ~ naiivo or alln'
cd A. related to this analysis, .na
cali attention to my finding picco q
float copper IN Compound Is OF Gas
Grande
,Signed) - WALTER FEWkES
The bells are very similar In az
pearanco TO ordinary siT-=h bells, ht
are heavily couodcd They s'ill ha'
"a musical quality. are made ct col
per ana have inv cobhle stone u
| aldo lustpad OF a metal pail