
So was the trip a waste of time? Not at all. On the way to Jerome, we detoured to the Tuzigoot National Monument, a partially restored ruin of a community built by the Sinagua people in the twelfth century. Excavations began in the 20s and continued in the 30s as a public works project. Many area Indians were forced to work on the project by their poverty, but they objected to disturbing burial remains which eventually brought about a change in policy.