What happened to the ancient village at Zuni High School?
Items found while doing an excavation for Zuni High School are on display at the school. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

ZUNI — When Gabriel Paloma first saw the ruins of an ancient Zuni village uncovered on the site where the Zuni High School Gym had been planned more than 10 years ago, he wondered who might have lived there, and what happened to the inhabitants.

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