That is not exactly an order that Roberts takes to heart. A ranger told a friend of the author, “Tell Roberts to shut the up.” He made that mistake in an earlier book, “In Search of the Old Ones,” of describing an intact corrugated pot elsewhere on Cedar Mesa, and left so many clues to its location that hikers beat a path to it. “To take the basket out of its hiding place,” he writes in “The Lost World of the Old Ones,” “would in all likelihood have damaged it.” In 2012, Roberts and his wife and a group of close friends returned to the site and found the basket intact. But Roberts believes in the concept of an “outdoor museum,” leaving artifacts where they lie, so that others, too, can have the joy of discovery. Another visitor or even an anthropologist likely would have removed the basket to take it home or display it in a museum. It was Roberts’ greatest find in 40 years of exploring the Southwest. Some 20 years ago, David Roberts and his wife discovered a stunning prehistoric woven basket hidden between two sandstone slabs on Utah’s Cedar Mesa. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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