Holyground
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- May 17, 2014
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- All Treasure Hunting
Speaking of tools used, has anyone ever found a Trail Marker like this? Look at the center of this picture, and notice how the ground on the small hill has been "scratched out." Look to the right of the scratchings, and see if you can make out the burro's head looking down into the canyon, towards the trail. Then, look to the left and try to make out two legs and it's body. I think it also has a pack on it, but my partner says no. It's all in the eye of the beholder, but this is a Trail Marker that is probably 300 years old, and is still in fairly good shape. We have found only two others that are similar. They were labor intensive on the scale so I believe they only did this if no boulders were present, or it needed to be seen from a good distance away, as this one did. They are easy to spot on Google Earth, if you know what you are looking for. This method is a simple use of small trenches to collect more rain water, thereby allowing the desert scrub to thrive in only the intended area, while the higher areas stay really dry. If you look on Google Earth at ancient trails, you begin to notice the same phenomenon. The old trail is deeper than the surrounding area so it holds the rain water that runs in from the higher area, causing vegetation to thrive.
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