Lowry Pueblo [Dolores, Colo.]

Took a mini road trip today, visiting two restored pueblos and kivas and capping the day with a turkey talk.

We started by visiting Lowry Pueblo which is a cluster of restored adobes and one of a handful of restored grand kivas in the Four Corners area. Nearly all kivas have filled with ruble since being abandoned 750 years ago so it's thrilling to see what they probably looked like.

We also visited another partially restored kiva at Escalante near Dolores, Colo.

For the evening we took in a talk on Anasazi turkey domestication given to a chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. My grandfather always referred to the bird on the table at Thanksgiving as a "Mexican buzzard." How right he was. Domesticated in Mexico and migrated north.Baca lagi