800-year-old Pueblo Indian blanket made out of 11,500 turkey feathers

There’s more uses for a turkey than the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving feast. Researchers believe the flightless fowl held deep significance for ancient Pueblo Indians in the American Southwest, who domesticated the bird but didn’t eat it.  Archaeologists at Washington State University examined a 800-year-old feather blanket from southeast Utah, one of the few remaining … Read more