A buried past

A buried past

Location of removed ruins could be at local ranch
MARK VARIEN, and land owner Phil Beauchamp talks outside Dolores on a bare field that Varien believes may have been the site of a great kiva.
FRED BLACKBURN holds out a piece of pottery on the possible site of a great kiva outside Dolores late last year. It is also the possible site of ruin rock that was transported to Manitou Springs in 1907.
MARK VARIEN holds up a handful of pottery collected on the possible site where ruin rock was removed and transported to Manitou Springs in 1907.

A buried past

MARK VARIEN, and land owner Phil Beauchamp talks outside Dolores on a bare field that Varien believes may have been the site of a great kiva.
FRED BLACKBURN holds out a piece of pottery on the possible site of a great kiva outside Dolores late last year. It is also the possible site of ruin rock that was transported to Manitou Springs in 1907.
MARK VARIEN holds up a handful of pottery collected on the possible site where ruin rock was removed and transported to Manitou Springs in 1907.