The Durango library received a copy of a book I've been waiting to check out, Excavations from the Bluff Great House by CU's Catherine Cameron. The Bluff GH is easy to access and find, and I've visited dozens of times. At times, the excavation crew has been working and I've waited to view this data. I mostly skim over the Bluff GH information, but will buy this book for the Hurst and Till chapter (4) titled "A Brief Survey of Great Houses and Related Features in Southeastern Utah". I've visited many of the sites, but the chapter includes at least a dozen new to me places that are on my radar for the fall-spring hiking season. No locations will be disclosed for these special places.
Since reading Till's Master's Thesis, I seek out his work. But, he has not published a lot for me to access. The Tank Mesa Road is told as a narrative in Craig Child's excellent House of Rain as well as the Jackson Crossover. Other sites are listed in Child's book for the attentive reader.
Above the Moki Steps site, I've walked over the road feature grooves and didn't know the significance. I missed the great kiva at Red Knobs, even with Allison's report. So much to see again and again.
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