Lectures on Death at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
April 2, 2018The ranger stoops to toss a stick away and points to a narrow hole dug in the mud. “Snakes,” she says, “are plentiful this year; there’s some bubonic plague in rodents here.”
The ranger stoops to toss a stick away and points to a narrow hole dug in the mud. “Snakes,” she says, “are plentiful this year; there’s some bubonic plague in rodents here.”
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