Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1920 — FINDS ANCIENT ABODE [ARTICLE]

FINDS ANCIENT ABODE

Camera Locates Cliff Dwelling in Zion Canyon. Probable That No Human Foot Has Been In Dwelling for at Least 1,500 YearsLos Angeles. — Discovering from Los Angeles a *hltherto unknown diff dwelling 400 feet up a 2,000-fo6t canyon ride in Utah W a new expethe experience of Eyre Powgß.of 44 Wavecrest avenue, Venice, who in enlarging a unique photograph S”en with a7el.ph«o I—. »«»' may prove to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of recent yean In the United States. Thephotographwas t«k«® to Zlon canyon, Utah, recently declared a national park, and shows what apparently Ja ft diff dwelling 400 feet tag and 6o or 70 feet wide. It is

probable, according to Mr. Powell, that no human foot has been in the dwelling for 1,500 years or longer.- ’n this fact Ues its chief archaeological importance, as other cliff dwellings, found at the surface, have been the homes of animals and much disturbed since being inhabited by their original builders.'’ J The photograph was taken at a distance of about three-quarters at a mile from the diff, Mr. Powell having no Idea that it would reveal anything of particular Interest. The portion of the photograph which tater was found to show the ancient dwelling less than a quarter of an inch in size. Through successive enlargements this was Increased to about 12 Inches. The dwelling la about 400 feet above the top of the shale slide at the base of the cliff. Leading down from the dwelling are traces of the ledge once used by the dwellers to go up and down to their safe retreat

These ledges have been almost completely eroded by the elements in the lapse of years, and it is safe to say, according to Mr. Powell, that the dwellings there have been undisturbed for many centuries. , _ The discovery of the diff dwelling in the picture came as a complete surprise to Mr. Powelt He has derided, however, to make an early investigation of the place, and believes that a skilled Alpine climber may be able to pick bis way up the almost destroyed ledges which the ancient Inhabitants were wont to climb. - - ~