Sunday, October 23, 2005

Sweeney Center Digs - Experts: Remains may not be Tesuque's

Two state archaeologists say pottery found in a dig between Santa Fe City Hall and Sweeney Convention Center indicates the people who lived there moved to southern pueblos -- not north to Tesuque.

Tesuque Pueblo has asked the city to avoid excavating the area it believes to be its ancestral burial ground. The city wants to raze Sweeney to build a new civic center and underground garage in its place.