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| Hiking | 8.51 Miles |
954 AEG |
| | Hiking | 8.51 Miles | 6 Hrs 3 Mns | | 1.49 mph |
| 954 ft AEG | 20 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Back for another PEFO day hike, this time starting at Lacey Point. I've done several walks from there and really enjoy the area. Today I wanted to walk some new edge (bottom of the top level, and top of the intermediate level) and see if I could find new petroglyphs.
Like the day before the wind was howling. Chin strap as tight as I could get it, my hat blew off at least 20X till I just gave up on it. It never blew me down but came close. Otherwise good walking as expected though I was amazed to not find any petroglyphs. (I was deliberately staying away from good areas I'd been before.)
I was near my turn around spot when I looked down and saw a beautiful arrowhead right at my feet. It was sitting in the middle of a large rock near the mesa edge. Sort of inexplicable unless someone deliberately left it there - and who would do that? I've contacted the park archaeologist who identifies it as a late archaic Pinto variant, 2700-5000 years old. "Pinto points are most commonly known from the Great Basin but are also known around the Colorado Plateau. They are related to the San Jose point."
I've sent it's location and they may collect it. Here's a short video showing the point and the fact that it was very windy. [ youtube video ]
No petroglyphs but an arrowhead seemed like a good deal today. |
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