Prochaine étape : Le Grand Canyon.
La collecte des données.
Nous étions à Globe et Tonto National Monument.
Ne pas oublier les points cardinaux.
Un dessin vaut mieux qu'une photo.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Tonto Basin
Roosevelt Lake Bridge (1987-1990). The longest two-lane, single-span, steel-arch bridge in North America.
Roosevelt Dam (1903-1911). When completed in 1911, it was the largest masonry dam in the world
Tonto National Monument
To the Lower Cliff Dwelling
The lake and its surroundings
Built in the early 14th century, this multi-family complex was part of a vast network. Facing East, it provides shade in the afternoon and is located less than a mile away from a spring source.
Eva working with a metate and a mano.
Finger prints
Quartzite rocks.
Unlike the cliff dwellings at Walnut Canyon or Mesa Verde built in sandstone, these rocks are too hard to be shaped. They were stacked up together and covered with plaster.
The fire-blackened walls tell us how dark and smoky those rooms used to be.
The beams (or vigas) were carved from the sycamore trees and the sticks (or latillas) are the ribs from the saguaro cactus.
Globe
The Cobre Valley Center for The Arts
Driving back to Phoenix
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Saturday, September 06, 2014
Labor Day in Flagstaff - Wupatki National Monument
Twenty miles north of Sunset Crater is the Wupatki National Monument, an archaeological site with pueblos built 1,000 years ago. It is a striking red sand rock area.
We arrived on a hot and windy Labor Day. Our first stop was the Wukoki Pueblo. The view was breathtaking.
It is still standing (though it has been reinforced with steel and concrete in some places) and we can still go inside!
"Tabular sandstone, blocky limestone, and chunky basalt rocks were readily available for building"
Holes remain from the long gone wooden beams.
The doorway and the room are tiny but inside it is cool and refreshing.
It is so dry out there.
It is not the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris.
It is a mesmerizing place.
The second site - Wupatki Pueblo
After the eruption of Sunset Crater volcano (between 1040 and 1100 AD), the pueblo Indians started settling in the area. Spewed by the volcano, the ashes covered the land. The soil became fertile and the weather favorable to farming. The ashes trapped the moisture and evaporation happened slowly.
A replica of a garden with corn that used to be farmed by the Sinaguas (the people without water) in the 1100's.
In 1163, the Cathedral Notre-Dame in Paris broke ground. By 1180, thousands of people were farming on the Wupatki landscape.
By 1250, the pueblos got emptied out. The water became too scarce to maintain the land. A century later in Paris, France, the Cathedral was completed.
Huge boulders are sticking out of the wall.
They really made the most of their environment.
We were actually pretty surprised about how small that ball-court was.
The air coming out of the blow-hole is so cold. The size, depth and the complexity of the blow-hole is still unknown but it surely does blow some cool air into Eva's shirt.
Short pause in the shade from this long sunny and dry wind walk.
Walking around the house.
Playing in the crack of a rock and hand made wall.
It is hard to see in the picture above but there is a one splinting wooden beam left (over 800 years old!!!)
The Citadel Pueblo from the parking lot.
Last picture of Antelope Prairie.
Eva got her tattoo. Next time, she will get a badge and maybe a Junior Ranger hat.
"I have fond memories of growing up at Wupatki, herding sheep and caring for my grandparents. It was very sad to have to move. The ranchers and the park service didn't care about who was there before".
Della B. Yazzie, 2005
"Della Begay, granddaughter of Peshlakai Etsidi and Baa', married Haskie Yazzie, Sally Peshlakai's son, and moved across the river in the 1940s".
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