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| Hiking | 8.24 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 8.24 Miles | 3 Hrs 37 Mns | | 2.51 mph |
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| no partners | | The objective of this trip was to explore some ancient trail networks and associated artifact scatters as described in this article:
https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/20 ... footsteps/
We made camp at Margie's Cove Campground and began hiking to an off-trail area several miles away.
After arriving at the target area, I was impressed with the difficulty in rediscovering these ancient trails. I had expected to see some sort of visible trail, similar to what you can find closer to Gila Bend, but wasn't able to easily see anything that would suggest a path. In addition, artifacts blended in very well with the desert floor and spotting sherds was tough in the full sun. Again, impressive work by the archaeologists performing this research.
In total, I found a few artifacts, plus an intact 'American Pickle Company' glass jar from Wiggins, Mississippi. Some sources online claim these jars are as old as 1923, but who knows about this one specifically.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ompany.jpg
After hiking and exploring for a few hours, we returned to camp and enjoyed dinner under the full moon. It was a quintessential Sonoran desert night around the fire. After the sun went down, we saw a large number of small planes from the nearby Lufthansa and United airlines training centers doing circles above the SDNM.
In the morning, I hiked a few miles down the actual Margie's Cove trail. Definitely interested in returning for a backpacking trip in the future.
Overall, this is a very remote, private, and untouched area. |
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