CHAPTER TEN
August 28, 2013, 10:00 a.m.
Paleo-Indian Ruins at Schnebly Tank
Coconino National Forest, Arizona
The Paleo-Indian ruins at Schnebly Tank didn’t resemble any of the other impressive Native American sites on the Mogollon Rim or in the Verde Valley. They were ancient—ten times as old as Palatki, Tuzigoot, and Montezuma’s Castle. The inhabitants of this site hunted and gathered along the rim for more than 3,000 years before the Egyptians designed the Pyramids at Giza.
The Paleo-Indians didn’t engage in recognizable agriculture. They didn’t leave remnants of their dwellings, other than shallow trenches dug out of the limestone that they used as foundations for tents made from animal skins, tree bark, or brush. They did provide posterity with a rich tapestry of complex and deta
