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T6 Thf Arizona Ri piililic Stimtny, July 2, fWS ruins mark Canyon de Chelly The dotirs are very low because the men were 5-feet-4 and the women 5-feet-l. Hut archaeologists found a 6-foot-4 skeleton he must've been the Air Jordan of the Anasazi. Larry Tso TOUR TRUCK DRIVER near Canyon del Mucrto, (Canyon of Death), named by explorers who found mummified bodies in one of its caves. Mummy Cave, 300 feet up, actually is two adjacent caves, one containing 55 rooms and four kivas, the other 20 rooms. A ledge connects the two, and we could just make out a hand-and-toe trail cut into the rock from the top of the slope.

Antelope Mouse in Canyon del Muerto was named for tan-and-white half-scale antelope paintings on the cliff wall. This 40- to 50-room village See CANYON, page T7 explaining that it happened after cvciul days of liedvy ruilifall. "You have to know where to drive, and where not to," he said. He obviously did. although our vehicle skidded and lurched in the soft canyon soil many times during the tour.

Deep in the canyon, after 1 bought hand-strung "ghost beads" ($2 each) from two young Navajo girls, Colisa commended me. "You hang them by your bed, and they keep the ghosts away from you," she said. The tour's turnaround spot was 'Really." she emphasized. "By the time the tow truck got there, all you could sec was the shiny edge of the bumper sticking out. Bet that guy was sorry he didn't go on a tour like ours." Our driver confirmed the story, As I was craning my neck upward, marveling at the historical richness before my eyes, my companion casually declared.

"A pickup truck was swallowed here last week." I turned to glance at Cohsa, skepticism evident on my face. Glorious -CtORtQUi fwm 77 Anglo explorers because of the wall of white plaster across its upper portion. A doen families had hud here, leaving behind petropKphs and pictographs. I like lo think of them as Anasai an galleries, exhibiting the elements of their lives bear, deer, cougar and snakes. "The doors in the rums arc very low because the men were J-fcet-4 and the women 5-feet-l," Tsosaid.

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