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| The water resources at Pipe Spring have been a historical attraction in the seemingly waterless desert of the Arizona Strip (northwestern Arizona, north of the Grand Canyon). Artifacts from the region show that the Arizona Strip was utilized by nomadic hunter-gatherers since the last Ice Age. Clovis projectile points found along the Arizona Strip possibly correlate to dates 9500 to 9000 B.C. In addition, projectile points from Archaic periods (7000 to 300 B.C.) have been collected in the region (Fairley, 1989). The Ancestral Puebloan peoples utilized the Arizona Strip (300 B.C. to AD 1250). The Ancestral Puebloans left behind evidence including masonry dwellings and ceramic pottery."Changes in prevailing socioeconomic and environmental conditions... is the most commoly suggested explanation" for the departure of the Ancetral Puebloan people from the region (Fairley, 1989). The Kaibab Paiutes lived in the area at the time of the first Euroamerican settlers arrive. Archeological and historic artifacts are on display at the combined Pipe Spring National Monument-Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians Visitor Center and Museum located at the park. |
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