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novapsycheAncient Indian villages revealed in Utah
Archaeologists led reporters into a remote canyon Wednesday to reveal an almost perfectly preserved picture of ancient life: stone pit houses, granaries and a bounty of artifacts kept secret for more than a half-century.
Hundreds of sites on a private ranch turned over to the state offer some of the best evidence of the little-understood Fremont culture, hunter-gatherers and farmers who lived mostly within the present-day borders of Utah.
[...] Waldo Wilcox, the rancher who sold the land and returned Wednesday, kept the archaeological sites a closely guarded secret for more than 50 years.
“I looked at it like this: I wanted to keep it the way it is,” said Wilcox, 74, who moved to Green River and retired. “But when I die, I’m not going to have a lot to say about it. I finally decided I’ll take a little money and get out now.”
Archaeologists led reporters into a remote canyon Wednesday to reveal an almost perfectly preserved picture of ancient life: stone pit houses, granaries and a bounty of artifacts kept secret for more than a half-century.
Hundreds of sites on a private ranch turned over to the state offer some of the best evidence of the little-understood Fremont culture, hunter-gatherers and farmers who lived mostly within the present-day borders of Utah.
[...] Waldo Wilcox, the rancher who sold the land and returned Wednesday, kept the archaeological sites a closely guarded secret for more than 50 years.
“I looked at it like this: I wanted to keep it the way it is,” said Wilcox, 74, who moved to Green River and retired. “But when I die, I’m not going to have a lot to say about it. I finally decided I’ll take a little money and get out now.”