Science: The Diggers

Some of the major discoveries of diggers — archaeologists and paleontologists — recently made or described, include:

In Nevada, along the Muddy River, extending for some six miles from St. Thomas to near Overton, was discovered the remains of a great Pueblo or rather pre-Pueblo, village. Governor Scrugham of that state, interested in archaeology, came across several historical references to a buried city. He organized an expedition under the scientific direction of Mr. M. R. Harrington of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation (Manhattan). Last fall, the site of the buried...

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