• 2 Ancient Native American Villages Discovered in Arizona National Park
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[QUOTE] An ancient village has come to light in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park—and it's the second such find in as many years. The villages are some 1,300 years old, dating from between 200 AD and 700 AD, [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/US/1300-year-village-discovered-arizonas-petrified-forest-national/story?id=25979104"]ABC News[/URL] reports. Archaeologists discovered homes dug into the ground known as pit-houses, built in sand dunes. Their floors and walls were lined with sandstone, [URL="http://www.archaeology.org/news/2562-141002-arizona-basketmaker-settlements"][I]Archaeology[/I][/URL] reports. Such accommodations exist elsewhere in the park; in these villages, however, they're clustered together, park archaeologist Bill Reitze says. Each village has "probably more than 50 structures," he notes, as [URL="http://westerndigs.org/twin-1300-year-old-villages-discovered-in-arizona-sand-dunes/"]Western Digs[/URL] reports. [IMG]http://img2-azcdn.newser.com/image/995265-0-20141006105243.jpeg[/IMG] [URL]http://www.newser.com/story/196860/2-ancient-villages-emerge-in-arizona-national-park.html[/URL] [/QUOTE] Maybe this is where Jim Morrison got his Native American spirits from.
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