The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-14
Professor Nelson Of American
Museum Of Natural History
Ships Complete Skeletons
and Valuable Pottery.
r DISTINCT
Two Prehistoric Periods Dis
tinctly Traced in Tier on
Tier Of Dwellings Now Be-
ing Unearthed.

ThHt The prehistoric ruins in III
icras canyon. Is miles from Albuquor.
que ON the "a Pedro road. In which
Prof Ncls 6. Nelson of the American
Museum OF Natural history. New
fora has been c~xcavating for some
time past are an important archaeo-
logical discovery and that They arc
likely To b"eome AN important point
Of scientific interest and nvcstigation
near this cltS. is indicated hy reports
brought To the city ny u party OF Al
~buqucrpuo -'opic who motorcd To the
ruins yesterday. spending the day IN
going over the excavations under the
guidance OF Professor Nelson u bis
wife. ~ the party were Mr. and MIS-,
j. \ Hubs. prof and Mrs. g.. T..
Hodgin. Miss Hubhs and Harold Sell
icrs. while a number OF other auto
mobile parties made trips to the ruins
Yesterday as q result of Information
given by the Herald Saturday. a. to
The extent of the work being done
Professor Nelson. who rs one Of he
veteran scientific explorers OF the
srCat New York museum mas been
employ ing a force OF fifteen Co twenty
mes in his excavations. As indicating
something Of the extent of he worA
he has done. Professor Nelson, Who
is now preparing 20 return To New
YORK, has shipped nine complete
skeletons of prehistoric men and NO.
men, several cases Of rare pottery
and implements all Identified as be-
longing to prehistoric peoples. has
made "A complete map og The extcns-
NNa FllNua mud haa frUsH4N IsFnHfaF.. Ia
the tiers OF buildings which he has
exposed three distinct periods Of oc-
cupation. ~ OF which are prchls-
toric.
The discovery OF these ruins so
close 70 Albuquerque n to bee reagn-
cd by fairly good automobil, roads.
are Of considerable Importance from
the standpoint uf their attraction Ia
scientists and tourists. What u ans
further cNcavating Professor Nelson
viii do has - been determined.
Tier after tier of small RECTANGULAR
rooms have been opened up. the con-
struction boing 81 adobe and oi
stone Win poured adobe. The rooms.
while small. have IRE places. usually
in the center with stone AID adobe
shelves. pottery sunk in the noofs.
evidently Tor storage cot water aud
grain, and the floors are highly poi-
ishcd. many OF the polishing stones
having been found. az well AS the
metate aud other grain grinding in
strumCnts OF stone. MASSES of pot
terry Of rare and unusual design have
bovn uncarthed. most 81 ID in pluci
design with an occasional design IN
red and blue. Much OF tho pottery
has the beautiful glaze which the
prcEon- day Indian pottery maker has
lost h art The best pottery speci-
mems, implements. etc, aud len yom-
plete skeletons Of men. women and
children, Professor Nelson shipped 60
New YorH from Albuquerque last
week, la a single room thu perfectly
preserved skeletons of a man. woman
and child were iou1d The ruins arc
Uttered with charrcd corn husks and
IN places the husks are found inn
oodded in rock which appears to have
been iiuXed by intense heat.
\ primitive copper smelter and
fragments of copper matter have
been exposed; hut those latter Pro-
fcssor Nelson thinks probably are 81
spanish origin. DATING '-om about
1890 The whole canyon az this point
Is undorlaid by prehistoric VILLAGES
and hy cactus growth and other sur
face -l1dicafiouH. and guided b. the
buildings exposed, Professor Nelson
has been able 10 maze "a complete
mapping 81 the entire group of dwell
lings which he believes housed two
considerable prehistoric populations.
Mr.. Hubhs n his party brought
In several stone implements. pieces uf
pottery and fragments nf skeletons
given thum by Professor Nelson. who
now expects 10 complete this nrsi in
vestiEation within the next week. Few
people have realized the Importance
OF the work which he has been carry
ing on and In fact very few people
khcw hat the Investigations were la
progress.
The scene Of the excavations, Mt
Hubns says, Is reached comfortably
by AUTOMOBILES. through TiJesas San
yon and the San Pedro road. The dis"