The U.S. Southwest’s arid climate has helped preserve many ancient dwellings, rock carvings and pottery pieces scattered across the landscape. But it’s also the type of environment that is prone to wildfires.
Just last week, a crew spotted a semi-buried dwelling known as a pit house.
Gallenstein was able to train one person on how to pack up ceramic pots, bone tools, sandals, textiles woven from cotton grown in the area and other things before another large wildfire broke out June 12 and the monument was closed again. No one expected to put the plan into action so soon.The fires have so far avoided the facility. Several boxes of items that trace back to what archaeologists say are distinct Indigenous cultures were taken to the Museum of Northern Arizona for safekeeping.
“That gives you an idea of the density of the cultural history here, and that continues outside the national monument boundaries into the national forest,” Carter said.
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