| Adjacent to the
Mummy Lake study site are Pipe Shrine House and Far View Village.
Scholars at the University of Colorado judge Far View Village (in the
background) to be a Chaco Outlying Community. This view is from Pipe
Shrine House looking north. |
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Following the WWE/WPI
1999 study of Mummy Lake, the National Park Service changed the site's name to
Far View Reservoir to better reflect our scientific discoveries. One
of our sketches was used on the interpretive sign posted at the site. |
| Excavated by Dr.
Jack Smith, Coyote Village is a popular tourist attraction near Mummy
Lake. Jack Smith has been a WWE/WPI associate since 1995. |
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The alignment of
the 1100-year-old inlet canal for Morefield Reservoir is defined by the
raised berm and ancient canal stones. Here, Ken Wright is
documenting the route for further study. |
| Morefield
Reservoir was used between AD 750 and 1100 for domestic water
supply. It contains 21 feet of deposited sediment. |
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Box Elder
Reservoir in Prater Canyon dates from AD 800 to 950. Dr. David
Breternitz observes power augering by US Bureau of Reclamation engineer
Richard Wiltshire and US Department of Agriculture Soil Scientist Doug
Ramsey. All three are members of the WWE/WPI study team. |
| Dr. Peter
Monkmeyer of the University of Arizona is pointing to the stacked stones
that helped form the 1100-year old intake canal for Box Elder
Reservoir. Dr. Monkmeyer is the past chairman of the University of
Wisconsin Civil Engineering Department and an expert on open channel
hydraulics. |
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Colorado Supreme
Court Justice Gregory Hobbs (left) traces the ancient route up the Box
Elder Reservoir inlet canal. Ken Wright holds one of the stream bank
protection stones placed by the Anasazi. |
| Team members, Doug Ramsey, Dr.
Mary Gillam and David Foss, examine soil samples from Box Elder Reservoir
while Kurt Loptien and Terri Ohlson prepare to auger deeper into the
sediment. |
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Groundwater exploration was
performed in the channel of Prater Canyon using a hand auger. David
Foss and Jason Alexander are deciding where to drill. |
| Following the Box Elder
Reservoir field studies, a symposium was conducted at Mesa Verde.
Attendees included Greg Hobbs, Peter Monkmeyer, Ken Wright and Ruth
Wright, as Dr. David Breternitz lectured. |
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Mummy Lake is a domestic water
supply reservoir dating from AD 950 to 1180. Shown here is a ramp
and several ancient walls. |
| The US Bureau of Reclamation
power auger allowed the WWE/WPI team to penetrate over 20 feet of the
ancient sediment of Box Elder Reservoir. Doug Ramsey and Richard
Wiltshire are shown here with the auger in action. |
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Ken Wright, Gregory Hobbs and
NPS Archaeological Ranger Jim Kleidon inspect ancient stream bank
protection stones. |