The Arvada enterprise., 1924-01-10

no written language. Their weapons and tools
were OF stone They sandals and baskets.
They shaped stones into regular forms and laid
masonry that has resisted the ages. They evident
Iy advanced In civilization during their residence
In Mesa Verde,
There hundreds Of cliff dwellings In the
canyons Of Mesa Verde. Among the more famous
are these: Spruce Tree House. with ia rOoms
and AN estimated population Of $50: CliR Palace.
about three times the size Of Spruce Tree House:
Balcony House. q remarkable defensive site; FIRE
Temple u house Of worship: Square Tower House.
On the surface Of the lnesa several Eretentious
structures have already been uncovered and 9th.
ers await the excavstor. Sun Temple has 1000
feet Of walls Far View House. probably pueblo
10 100 By 1l3 feet
And now Jesse L. Nusbaum announces that he
has found In Mesa Verde relics Of . people WHO
antedated the CiiR Dwellers.
Mr.. Nusbaum II superintendent Of liesa Verde
National park under the national park service.
bureau Of the Interior department lie IL also an
archeOlOgist OF note and has been identified with
researches In Guatemala and In various parts Of
the Southwest. lie served rs u major Of ordnance
In the World war.
Visitors to Mesa Verde the coming senson will
have n chance to see these relies In the new park
museum. And 1t may be TINT Superintendent.
ArcheOlOKist Nusbaum will have more TO show.
He IL now showed In for the winter ut Mesa Verde.
But he Ii not alternating. On the contrnry, en-.
couragcd by the nntional pnrk service. he Is de-.
voting every energy to the search for more relics
Here are some Of the things Superintendent
Nus'aun hnd I" say about his discoveries ut step
House. before he went into winter quarters:
''The new Rock Springs Trail lending to the
ives, side OF the park has made 1t possible 10 vsi.
many of the large ruins never before accessible to
park visitors" said Mr.. Nusbaum. On this trail
nt \ ruin called Step House. enough evidence was
found un the surface to establish the fact firmly
that even before the beginning Of the Christian
eru Indians m M 1p their In
In which the Gin Dwcllers lnter built their homes
above the ruins OF this early civilization.
Evidence OF this civilization. which In known
to archeologlstx ~ thnt Of tho post asketmnkcr.
has been found In northeastern Arizona and 10
northwestern New Mexico. bur Inns never befoec
been found In Colorado.
These post bnSketmakers were the nrat people
to begin the making OF pottery, und shrctis Of their
crude ware have been examined II was found
that cedar bark WAS used to temper the clay and
prevent II from cracking during the process of
drying. Naturally. In the burning this wna de-
stroyed md n result the pottery was of = mor~
less crude ind porous variety. II II undecornt.
ed nnd Ii the earliest type of pottery now known
to exist In the Southwest. II IL Of ndobe color
with rnthcr n pnkish or yellowlsh cnxt."
Mr.. NuShaum has In his possession specimens
Of this pottery ms well Ms specimens Of baskets
that these ancient people made Most Of the
baskets nr~ of the nnc.colied variety
There II only one culture In the Southwest n,
the present time that ls known to nntcdnte TINT of
the past. .bAsketmnkcrs,' said Mr. Nusbnum Al
ready In the museum collection nt Mcsn Verde
specimens nrc on cxhibl, which havc been cou~c,e.,
In the park and Indicate that the cnrlicr bnskc,
maker people likewise Inhabited this region u
such II the case. possibly this winter n bnske,.
maker cave may b. located md the history OF
primitive man !n Colorado will be carried hnct
t" " period OF possibly ten centuries hcfo,. ,h.
birth Of Christ" "
one OF the hnds In the park TIM, mukcs NJ,
Nushnnm reasonably sure that that region WA,
once Inhabited By peoples OF the csr,,cs, known