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our fearless leader tries Navajo tobacco |
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striking obsidian to form stone tools -- the best way to understand stone age people is to work a little stone (2, 3, 6, 7, 8) |
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while our roope is store-bought, we practice timeless magic with knots |
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stripping flesh from a yucca leaf provides a feathery brush for decorating our own pottery. |
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straightening a handmade arrow shaft |
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10 |
ancient gnarled cypress -- somebody remind the exact name of these beautiful trees?! |
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investigating a prehistoric stone quarry, a source of tool material. |
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deciding on the direction of the next sweep to make across the forest. |
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18 |
a carrot can be awesome after a day in the Gila mountains. |
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the group works on their own pottery -- here foroming wet clay. |
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21 |
the scramble to prepare dinner is on... |
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another prehistoric cigarette butt!
...not. |
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sweeping across the mountain, looking for artifacts. |
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25 |
rock art in the Gilas. |
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let's see -- should we follow the compass or the GPS?? |
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evening gatherng at the campsite. |
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