Found a piece of pottery in my backyard that changed my weekend plans

Was digging a hole for a new fence post in my yard in Albuquerque. Hit something hard about a foot down. Thought it was just a rock. Pulled out a broken piece of clay with a black line pattern on it. Looked old. Called a friend who knows about local history. She told me to stop digging and call the university. They sent a grad student out. Turns out it's a Puebloan pottery shard, maybe 800 years old. Now my fence project is on hold. They're doing a small survey of my property next week. Kinda wild to think people were living right where my grill is now. Has anyone else had a random find stop a home project like this?

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robertanderson6mo ago

Just bury it and build your fence.

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finley556mo ago

Yeah, that's the dream. Just ignore the giant pile of weird concrete and rusty rebar in the yard. Maybe it'll become a modern art feature.

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park.wyatt5mo ago

Burying stuff like that is how my uncle found a weird old septic tank years later.

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