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SMI I'llSON'IAN M 1S( I'll. \N'l':ol'S ( ( )| I KlTIONS 



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Previous to Jiiiio, 1015, our uuMm'r know lodj^o of tlu- archcolo^-ical 

 remains in western I tali hail heen gleaned mostly, from easual notes 

 ill the oilieial ii'|iiiris ot earl\ j;o\'ernment j^eolot^ists, surveyors, and 

 army otiieers attaelied to trontier posts. \ er\' few seientitie exeava- 

 tions had heen attempted ami almost iiothiui.^ had aii]>eare(l in i")rint 

 rej;ardini4 their results. The enltnral relationshi]) hetween the build- 

 ers ot the aneient I tali dwellini^s, remains id' w hieh eonsisted pri- 

 marily of mounds, and tin' prehistorie pnehtos and elitf dw ellins^s of 

 southeastern I lah awA the adioiuini; seetioiis oi I oloiado, New 



Fli;. 7Q. — Small >torai;o iiiiis in ici-tansAvilar ailolu- il\vi-lliut;s at Heaver Citv, 



I'tah. 



.\le\ieo and .\ri/ona, furnished a inueh mooted i|neslion, a solution 

 vi wlneh seemed his^hly desirable. The preliminary task of seeurinti 

 detinite and tirst-baud information rej^ardiui^ these nunnuls was eom- 

 uieneed in May, 1015, by Mr. .\eil M. Judd. oi the National .Museiuu. 

 who, under the auspices oi the lUueau of American b'thnology, 

 remaineil in I "tab six weeks, eiii^ai^ed in researches that extended tbe 

 entire leiii^tb i^i tbe state. 



Mr. judd bei^an bis reconuoissance at \\ illard, on tb^ northeastern 

 sbore oi t'.reat Salt lake. \'ears of continued soil cultivation bad 

 quite leveled tbe di/en or more mounds once noted at tbis place; 

 otdy one reniaineil in tbe sprinj; oi 1015 in a comixiratively undis- 

 turbed conditii>n. h^xcavations in tbis mound disclosed tbe remains 



