yatsek - Nov 28, 2008 9:14 am - Voted 10/10
Swiss Cheeselook is one of the bizarre things (it probably has less to do with the calcacerous matrix/cement than with the embedded stones; IMHO you're overusing the word limestone a bit, Larry, since it makes us think about classic karst). The other is the mounds themselves - looks like this place was once quarried
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Cheese:D
Jacek
lcarreau - Nov 28, 2008 11:52 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Swiss CheeseIt would be a miracle that these formations
could suddenly turn into cheese! The amount of formations in this area could feed a lot of hungry people!!! :))
Because of the calcium carbonate, and the amount of rain this area receives during the summer monsoon, this is a natural process.
Far as I know, the only humans who discovered
this area were hunters and hikers. I don't
know of any quarries in this area, though
there are several gravel, sand, and granite
quarries located in the Verde Valley.
Larry
yatsek - Nov 28, 2008 2:07 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Swiss CheeseAha, I'm just saying that while analysing such things it's usually worth considering the possibility of some pre-historic human imprint, and animal as well.
lcarreau - Nov 28, 2008 3:35 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Swiss CheeseYes, I understand what you're saying. I have
been searching the area for fossils and
artifacts such as spear points & flint stones.
From the eighth through the fifteenth centuries A.D., the canyons, grasslands, mountains and mesas of central & northern Arizona were home to a creative and resilient people known as The Sinagua.
By the 1300s, the Sinagua had abandoned much of the territory they had once
inhabited and retreated to a few very large
pueblo towns in the Verde River Valley.
The "TUZIGOOT" site contains the remains of
one of these ancient dwelling places.
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