Attackers with a deadly plan climbed a knoll to a Pueblo village called Sacred Ridge around 1,200 years ago. What happened next was anything but sacred.
Excavations at an ancient Pueblo site uncovered crushed skulls (one shown) and other bones from at least 35 victims. Courtesy of SWCA Environmental ConsultantsDuring a violent encounter roughly 1,200 years ago, Pueblo people from settlements elsewhere in the Ridges Basin area (brown dots) attacked Sacred Ridge sites (red dots).
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