Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-31
'C()NN|NGSHAS
NEW PROOF Of
Man

More conclusive proof
that prehistoric man lived
in the Sulphur Springs val
ley and this portion Of the
American continent more
than 10000 years ago, dur
ing the pleistocene agej has
been unearthed by DR.. By
ron Cummings, curator OF
the Arizona, state museum
at the University of Arl-
zona, during his excava-
tions at the Whitewater
wash in the valley.
Dean Cummings and a group of
men from the university have been
oxcavating the remains of a giant
mammoth, a prehistoric monster OF
the pleistocene age, a portion OF
which was uncovered during the re-
cent floods, and later discovered by
Il school boy from the double Adobe
school.
On Sunday, the scientist found i'm
Elements of stone, that had been used
by man in b2gone age. They,
however, while in the same strata as
that in which the head of the NAM
moth rested, and while buried in
caliche, did not prove as conclusiveiy
as those discovered Saturday, that
man had lived IN the Sulphur Springs
The stone implements discovered
Saturday were in a strata below the
head of the monster, some four feet
deeper, and give abundant proof
that the valley was inhabited by
man during the pleistoccne age. rho
implements discovered are of stone,
just the size to fit into the hand OF
man, and evidently first selected
because of their shape. The stones
show a smoothly worn surface which
proves to Dean Cummings that they
were used for various domestic pur"
poses, perhaps for pounding hides of
animals, for breaking bones of AMI
mails that the marrow might be eX-
tracted and for crushing nuts for the
food contained therein.
1t is the theory of Dean Cummings
that the stones found near the head
Of the mammoth which has been un'
covered in the Whitewater draw,
were carried there by natives who
lived in the vailed some 10000 years
ago, being used by those persons in
crushing the bones of the giant ami
nal so that the marrow might be Sc
cured from them.
Dean Cummings is elated with his
find, which he declares will prove
that the valley was inhabited in the
pleistocene age, and thus prove of
great value to world scientists In
their study of man during that age.
The curator of the Arizona state
museum was in Douglas Saturday
afternoon to make an inspection of
some prehistoric bones that have re-
Gently been discovered near Aqua
prieta in Mexico. Dean Cummings
viewed the bones now in possession
of Mrs. Alice Gatliff, at the Curio
Cafe, and also inspected bones now
held by Mexican residing near Aqua
Prieta. These bones We're pronounc
cd by the dean 20 also be those of
mammoth, of the same species as the
animal now being uncovered in the
Whitewater wash.
The dean is plann<ng TO go over
THE ground where these bones were
found in Mexico, in the hope of be-
ing able to locate the remainder of
the skeleton Of the animal. If he
considers that there is a chance Of
finding the remaining bones, a force
OF university men will come here with
linn in the near future and so into
Mexico to complete the work.
Dean Cummings, while looking oven
the curios collected by Mrs. Gatliff,
was particularly interested in some
heads which she has, and which, he
believes to be of quartz. These
beads are hand made and of an
ancient age. He declared that ar
ticles such as the beads are, should
be placed in the museum and retained
for the information of future gem
orat!ons.
! He declares that Mrs. Gatliff has
collection of valuable relics which
are of historical value, as well as of
great interest, and that many of them
should be placed in museums for
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