Dave Dove "Update on Excavations at Champagne Spring Ruins" Dove Creek, Colorado

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Dave Dove gives an Update on the Excavations at Champagne Spring Ruins and early Anasazi Pueblo 1 sites. These sites located near Dove Creek and Cortez Colorado are the location of the Verde Valley Archaeology Center's annual excavation field schools.

[@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE]

Great Video. My Grandfather bought 1100 acres just outside of Dove creek back in 1942/43. Was going to try his hand at farming Lima Beans. My Dad was 8 years old at the time. Dad told me he would ride on back of grandpas tractor and see Indian pottery churning up as they plowed. The 1st winter was so bad my grandmother had enough-and left for Paradise CA. Grandpa followed in spring and just left it all. My fathers older sister 90 years old now-told me Grandpa hired a Navajo Man and his family to help on the farm. Johnny Blue’ was his name. The year 1969’ on a road trip-Dad drove us out to where the old Farm was. From the old dirt road-We could only get within half mile of the old house off in the distance. Wished we would of hiked out to check the old house out. I’m sure it’s just a pile of Boards now🇺🇸

[@ronpflugrath2712]

Excellent information totally informative!

[@KarinaTheDreama]

Re: the red pottery from se Utah… suppose perhaps it may have been what was in them from se Utah. Perhaps something unique they need for their ceremony like uranium or some type of material that burned w sparks or something. The radioactive material or magnetic element?

[@daveulmer]

All Kivas were plastered and sealed water cisterns that could also be used as fermentation tanks for making beer.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Cool. I didn't know that, but, entirely possible. Beer, wine and alcohol, have played a part in most every part of history, on every continent. I did a paper on it in college. There wasn't much information on Native American practices of alcohol, accept the bad parts of the effects of alcohol on the Native American People. There had to be good parts too.