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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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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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still deciding...

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snacks before dinner.

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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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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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small stone knife.

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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.