This is a picture taken by Richard Hansen and given to me long ago. I found it very interesting, as if you look at the dip in the center for a while it appears to come out like a bump instead of a dip. There were several metate stones found around the Boulder area and it was always exciting when you happened to run across one. I had a perfectly wonderful one sitting by my door step at the Boulder house, but it seemed to grow legs and walk away. I always wondered who would have the nerve to steal it from my very door step. I had a very good time when they were excavating the Anasazi ruins where the park is now. Whenever they found an intereting site Doyle Moosman would run down to tell me. I would drop whatever I was doing to go see. It was exciting but rather sad too. My most memorial one was when they found what the experts termed as an Indian Princess. I think this was because she had turquois stones around her neck and several pots burried with her. Also she was at the top of the mound. I have often speculated (as have many people) as to what could have happened to this whole tribe of ancient ones who seemed to have disappeared without leaving a clue as to whether they migrated or were all killed.
Well, I knew a thief well in Escalante who would have had the nerve to steal your treasure even if it was on your very doorstep. Ha.
ReplyDeleteYes, more than one. Interesting about the Indian Princess. I didn't know you were there at the time. I wonder if they ever brought the pots and necklace back to put in the museum. Your rock looks like the old grinding stones you find around...was it or just worn that way by nature?
ReplyDeleteNo it is an Indian grind stone. The thing I found unusual is the way it changes in and out depending on how you look at it.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of pots on shelves in a back room of the museum when Fay was working there. I imagine a lot ended up at BYU. The whole site was interesting to me. We always knew it was an Indian burial spot and hunted for arrow heads there frequently. I don't know what LeFair did with our collection. I always forget to ask him. His dad had a great colllection which I beleive Heber got most of.