{"id":252,"date":"2015-05-24T01:12:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T01:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2015-05-24T01:12:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T01:12:37","slug":"check-another-one-off-the-bucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Check Another One Off the Bucket List!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next day started off gloriously sunny, and I grabbed my new walking stick and my hat and took the trail that went across the road to the site of the Three Rivers village. The path lead through low desert plants, such as mesquite and grasses. It was a perfect day to go exploring!<\/p>\n

Although the streams are dry now, the climate wasn’t quite as dry when\u00a0the Jornada Mogollon lived there. There is still a line of cottonwoods growing where I imagine a stream once flowed.<\/p>\n

The village started around 1000 years ago. By 1200 AD, it was an important village and it reached its greatest size and influence around 1300 AD. By 1400 AD, it was abandoned.<\/p>\n

Archeologists had excavated three sites that exemplified types of dwellings in use during the history of the village. The first was a pit house, which was roofed over with branches and had an animal skin for a door.<\/p>\n

\"Pit<\/a>
Pit house remains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next dwelling I came to was a partially reconstructed house made of stone. The archeologists say that the small size of the door was due at least in part to the height of the people at the time. Men were about 5’4″ and women were about 5 feet tall.<\/p>\n

\"Here's<\/a>
Here’s the door, what’s your hurry?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They say that they think this was a dwelling for one family.<\/p>\n

\"TRPS<\/a><\/p>\n

At one end, there was a rounded room, that they think was for storing food.<\/p>\n

\"Could<\/a>
Could this be the fruit cellar?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were signs encouraging us to look for remains of buildings that hadn’t been excavated. I saw this line of stones, and I think it was the site of another dwelling.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
Another site?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love exploring and after I found the remnants of this wall, I got really excited! I started finding pottery shards! Check another item off the bucket list!<\/p>\n

I found one and then another.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The first two<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was absolutely thrilled with my finds. Within minutes, my hands were overflowing with my treasures.<\/p>\n

\"Look<\/a>
Look at them all!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had to pick out my favorites. It was so hard to choose!<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>
My favorites!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I saw a sign that said people used to dig up the ruins looking for arrowheads and pottery, and they ended up destroying the sites. They said take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprint. I should have read to the end of the sign. I didn’t read it until I was on my way out. It said not to disturb the sites. Uh-oh…<\/p>\n

Well, I did return the shards to more or less the same place I found them, and I didn’t take any.<\/p>\n

As a “recovering potter” I have always wanted to find the remains of my “ancestors'” work. I was amazed at how finely made and consistently thin the shards were.<\/p>\n

\"TRPS<\/a><\/p>\n

In the interest of full disclosure, however, two shards fell into my backpack, and I only discovered them then next day. I did give them to the Lyn, the camp host, to add to their collection in the office.<\/p>\n

What an exciting day for me!<\/p>\n

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