Coombs Site - Boulder, UT
N 37° 54.640 W 111° 25.446
12S E 462719 N 4195988
The Coombs Site is the site of one of the largest Anasazi communities known to have existed west of the Colorado River.
Waymark Code: WMTA94
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2016
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The Anasazi State Park Museum is focused around the reconstructed ruins of this site.
This village is believed to have been occupied from 1160 AD to 1235 AD. As many as 250 people lived there.
The village is largely unexcavated, though there was a brief excavation during 1958 and 1959, conducted by the University of Utah as part of the Glen Canyon Dam Project. During that excavation, archeologists uncovered thousands of artifacts, and discovered a community of about 90 rooms divided into two separate one-story apartment complexes. An L-shaped building has been reconstructed and can be entered into by visitors. The cluster featured open shelters for working in the shade, storage pits, and adobe pit houses large enough for five or six residents. All together, about 100 structures have been found.
Evidence, such as singed structural building supports, suggest that the town was abandoned after a village-wide fire. There was also a serious drought occurring in the region during that time that may have also been a factor.
Type: Ruins
How did you find this "Ancient Evidence": Other
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