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Dean Cummings and Kinishba: the sorrow of the owl. » Scanned Image-81

This is the deep wash cut that divides the sites. Upstream a short distance is a spring. At the time of occupation in the 1200s the draw may have been a steady stream running south to the White River, making Kinishba a very attractive location despite it's rather high elevation. Photo by M. Severson.

This is the deep wash cut that divides the sites. Upstream a short distance is a spring. At the time of occupation in the 1200s the draw may have been a steady stream running south to the White River, making Kinishba a very attractive location despite it’s rather high elevation. Photo by M. Severson.

Kinishba seen from across the wash. Photo by M. Severson
The roof in the foreground left is what remains of Cummings laboratory that he constructed in the second story of the ruins. You can see collapsed roof beams and construction debris scattered over the site. Photo by M. Severson.

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