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Trump Border Wall Crews Damage 1,000-Year-Old Native Etching in Arizona

Hyperallergic·Isa Farfan·about 1 month ago
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Construction crews building President Trump’s hostile border wall razed a portion of a Native American archeological site in Arizona estimated to be at least 1,000 years old. Approximately 60 to 70 feet of the 272-foot-long Las Playas Intaglio, a design etched into the ground in Southwest Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, suffered damage from heavy construction machinery, as first reported by the Washington Post .  The intaglio, a type of geometric or figurative drawing etched into arid desert pavements, resembles a fish and likely served as a sacred site for ancestors of the Tohono O’odham Nation, which lies east of the refuge.  In a statement to Hyperallergic, a spokesperson for the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) confirmed that one of its contractors “inadvertently disturbed” the archaeological site last Thursday, April 23.   “[CBP] Commissioner Rodney Scott is engaged directly with tribal leadership to determine appropriate next steps,” the spokesperson…

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