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History of The Grand Canyon
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History of The Grand Canyon About 3,000 to 4,000 years ago archaeologists believe that the Desert Archaic people lived in the Grand Canyon. Evidence of this are small willow-twig effigies called "split- twig figurines." These are animal figurines made from a single twig. Many pictographs were made in the Grand Canyon. Made from a crude paint made of minerals mixed with plant juice and animal oils. Most of these pictures are to faded to tell what they were. Archaeologists believe they were used to communicate. The Anasazi who had been occupying the lands east of the Canyon drifted in to the rim of the Canyon around 500A.D. At about 800A.D. the Anasazi entered the phase known as the Pueblo. Adobe house ruins in the Canyon show that Pueblo Indians lived in this area. Spaniards from Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's expedition were the first white men to discover the canyon in 1540....
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