One of the things we like best about living in Red Rock country is not the rocks, although they are spectacular, but the river systems and riparian areas surrounding our valley. We have Spring Creek, Oak Creek, Wet and Dry Beaver Creeks, the Verde River and many other streams. The ancient peoples also lived in this area as they had water, access to good soils they could irrigate, plentiful game and rocks to build homes with. There are so many wonderful archeological sites such as Montezuma's Castle and Well, Tuzigoot, as well as many other sites which are still being discovered. In fact they created many room pueblos every 3 miles or so up and down all the waterways and throughout the region over hundreds of years.
"ancient writing"
8 x 8 $50 framed
I had the good fortune to hike with a wonderful membership organization
The Verde Valley Archeology Center on Saturday to a beautiful site made of odd limestone of a surprisingly large size. We found many interesting pottery sherds. Then to cap off the weekend Michael and I went on a hike on Sunday and found interesting petroglyphs and a large unmarked pueblo in a completely different location!
ancient homeland sycamore and water
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