I thought I already described this place but I cannot find any posts about it. Luckily I still have the photos. So here goes:
If you walk south from NV 168 along Wildcat Wash, leading in towards Arrow Canyon, you are following a well travelled path (note the prominent Yucca, left of center):
To either side, is a dense pavement of broken rock, bunt rock, and lithic debris. Here, someone broke apart a nice cream-colored block of chert, with pieces scattered around for several yards. Otherwise, they are still sitting where someone left them - too big to be moved around much by erosion.
And then, what-do-ya-know, you come across a rock pile. You think: this does not look very old. But then think: Yeah but those lithic fragments did not look too old either. So, who knows?
You notice a propped slab. This is more likely to be recent. This pair of Yuccas appear as a single plant in the earlier photo. The propped slab does not look like it could be very ancient.
To the left, at the edge of the gully is another rock pile.
(You can still see the phone lines along NV 168 in the background.)
I wonder what someone might be up to out here. Perhaps I can ask the Moapa Indians.
Geez! I just noticed the horizon in this last photo. There may be a standing stone over there. Right-click and open in new tab to see it closer.
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