Treasure trove of artifacts discovered near this Colorado city

[Judi Lynn]

Posted: 5:52 PM, Sep 06, 2019 Updated: 4:52 PM, Sep 06, 2019
By: Bo Evans

The summer months are the time to work on big highway construction projects. But once you start digging, you never know what you might uncover.

“We have over seven pit houses and similar structures that we’ve identified and are excavating and are trying to get the information we need to interpret the site," said Charles Reed of Alpine Archaeologists.

While getting ready to expand highway 550 near Durango, Colorado, a team discovered a site about the size of half a football field. Inside were multiple structures that likely were home to a Native American settlement more than 1,000 years ago.

And now, the clock is ticking on this group of archaeologists. They’re trying to recover as much of it as possible before a highway is paved over all of it.

More:
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/political/national/treasure-trove-of-artifacts-discovered-near-this-colorado-city

(Road builders really should make a detour around this area.)

[Karadeniz]

1. Reroute the road!

[cstanleytech]

2. That or if its not feasible maybe raise the road and put it on pylons?

[bluedigger]

3. No, no, no, no!

Fucking irresponsible journalists and their conflation of archaeology and treasure! Some of my friends work for the company doing this project - next county over from me.