Outings planned for Archaeology Month
To celebrate Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month, the Kaibab National Forest will offer special hikes to Keyhole Sink, a prehistoric rock art site that has been developed into a popular interpretive site west of Parks on historic Route 66.
An easy three-quarter-mile-long hike leads to a scenic box canyon in which prehistoric residents left their marks carved into the canyon's gray, volcanic walls.
Archaeologists estimate that 1,000 years ago or more, people used rocks to peck images into the dark basalt. Known as petroglyphs, they suggest the area was important as a hunting ground. In fact, one of the petroglyphs is a depicts of a deer herd entering the canyon.
Besides the petroglyphs, a seasonal waterfall may also be flowing at Keyhole Sink due to recent snow melt.
To register, call (928) 635-5600.
Kaibab archaeologists are also offering a series of 45-minute lectures on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.at the Williams Ranger District office, 742 S. Clover Rd., Williams, (928) 635-5600.
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