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Rock ArtSite Name: Keyhole Sink
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 40.633 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Flagstaff, AZ  Nearest Village: Williams, AZ
Latitude: 35.268800N  Longitude: 112.0154W
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4 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Keyhole Sink 2010-05-29 Image copyright: glyph 1 (Bruce Smith), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Coconino County, Arizona. Petroglyphs attributed to the Sinagua culture on the walls of a box canyon. Both abstract and figures of humans and animals can be seen. Some of the figures appear to depict the way the box canyon was used to hunt deer or elk.

The culture identified as "Sinagua" existed in the area between what are now Flagstaff and Phoenix Arizona, between about 600-1400 AD. Another petroglyph site attributed to them is the V-Bar-V site.

The site is within the Kaibab National Forest, and can be reached on what's described as an easy trail less than a mile and a half away from the Oak Hill Snow Play Area parking area off Route 66, east of Williams. The trailhead is across the road from the parking area, on the north side of Route 66.

Note: Vandal's Paint Scrubbed from Ancient Site. Petroglyphs Cleaned but Still Altered by Attack.
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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Not confirmed but Flickr seems to think this rock art is at Keyhole Sink Image copyright: arrangement, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Not confirmed but Flickr seems to think this rock art is at Keyhole Sink Image copyright: mjovery (Martyn Overy), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Keyhole sink box canyon near Flagstaff AZ Image copyright: Steve Kronmiller (Steve Kronmiller), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Keyhole Sink Image copyright: Chris Woolman. (Chris Woolman), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Keyhole Sink 2010-05-29 Image copyright: glyph 1 (Bruce Smith), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Keyhole sink box canyon Indian petroglyphs at keyhole sink box canyon Image copyright: Steve Kronmiller (Steve Kronmiller), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs located in Keyhole Sink on the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest. Please give credit to: U.S. Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Kaibab National Forest. Image copyright: Kaibab National Forest (Kaibab National Forest), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : Keyhole Sink Information Board Image copyright: mjovery (Martyn Overy), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : the Keyhole Sink It just goes to show there are at least a few knuckle dragging dumb-asses living in AZ! Image copyright: catfan552000, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Keyhole Sink submitted by Flickr : ACE or Delta Epsilon Pi? After reading about the vandalism at Keyhole Sink, I decided to see the damage for myself. It's not spray paint. Some disturbed soul actually hauled a bucket of paint a mile into the forest to do this. Image copyright: Glyph Hunter, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Vandal's Paint scrubbed from Arizona Petroglyph by bat400 on Monday, 22 November 2010
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A painstaking cleanup has removed the paint that vandals splattered on petroglyphs in northern Arizona but also left behind what may be a permanent mark on the rock where the etchings sat undisturbed for at least 1,000 years.

The paint damage was discovered on a wall of petroglyphs in a box canyon called Keyhole Sink near Williams. The Kaibab National Forest hired a conservator to help repair the panel and the work was completed over two recent days.

The paint was heated with a torch and then soaked up with sponges and paper, said Kaibab archaeologist Neil Weintraub. He said paint residue was lightened with solvent.

Weintraub said workers were pleased to get the big splotch of paint removed so people could see the markings again. But he also said there's now a light spot on the rock where the paint was removed.

"It will unfortunately never be the same," he said. "There's always going to be an area where you can tell there was paint there."

In August, Kaibab officials found that someone had painted the word "ace" in thick silver paint above an indecipherable splotch of paint that might also be letters.

Investigators are still trying to find out who did it.

The Kaibab has stepped up patrols of the site by its staff and volunteers. It's against federal law to deface the petroglyphs and violators can face fines, prison or both.

Weintraub estimated it cost $3,000 to $4,000 to remove the paint, including staff time and the conservationist's $2,500 fee. He said Kaibab got a deal on the fee because the conservator already was in the state for another project.

Andy Laurenzi, Southwest field representative for the Center for Desert Archaeology in Tucson, said removing paint from petroglyphs was especially difficult due to the uneven surface of rock. He said the main goal of any cleanup is to avoid increasing the damage.

Laurenzi believes that recurring vandalism to petroglyphs is often the work of young people who don't understand the importance of the markings.

Often, he said, it happens at sites with easy access, where litter indicates the site is a hangout for kids who think of vandalism as merely "something to do." But he said the Keyhole damage didn't seem to fit that profile. Whoever did it packed in the paint and a brush and hiked about 1.5 miles round trip.

"Most of rock-art destruction is not that directed," he said, adding, "They made their point, whatever it is. It's unlikely they will strike again."



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Arizona archaeology sites under attack by vandals - Keyhole Sink by bat400 on Monday, 04 October 2010
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Somewhere out there, there's a modern Western explorer who decided he had something so important to say that it had to be slathered in silver paint on a remote rock wall full of ancient petroglyphs in the national forest.

The mysterious etchings depicting people, animals and a blazing sun are in a box canyon known as Keyhole Sink in the Kaibab National Forest east of Williams, a mountain town off Interstate 40 that has welcomed sojourners since its namesake, fur trapper "Old Bill" Williams, explored the locale in the early to mid-1800s.

The pristine rock art in Keyhole Sink was a silent reminder of the ancient culture that long flourished in northern Arizona, and it stood unaltered for at least 1,000 years. That all changed in August, when someone painted "ACE" on top of the petroglyphs in sloppy, dripping letters. Under the defacement is an indistinguishable glop of paint that could be more lettering.


Kaibab officials aren't sure exactly what it says, nor what it means, other than a potentially expensive restoration job that might not work. Investigators are trying to find the culprits but have no suspects.

"It's beyond words," Kaibab archaeologist Neil Weintraub said of the damage. "It feels like an attack on this site. What has it done except give people pleasure for years?"

The damage at Keyhole Sink is a fresh reminder of the ongoing assault on ancient archaeological sites in Arizona and across the Southwest - graffiti, looting of artifacts, littering and garbage-dumping. Sites are defaced with paint, bullet marks, paintball stains and messages scratched into rocks. Professional thieves remove pottery, hack out chunks of ancient art-covered rock and dislodge anything they can carry away.

The sites are vulnerable because they're not behind locked doors. They are operated on the assumption that visitors will behave, since monitoring is intermittent at many of these locations.


"We can't monitor them all, and neither can the land managers," said Nicole Armstrong-Best, interim coordinator for Arizona's Site Stewards program. The program oversees a group of volunteers who monitor local, state and federal sites all over the state.

There are about 800 volunteer stewards who monitor the 3,000 most significant or most affected sites the program tracks. Armstrong-Best said there are thousands of other sites - both known and undiscovered - not being watched.

More than 130 vandalism reports have been filed by the stewards since October 2009, when a computerized reporting system was put in place. Reported incidents include petroglyph thefts, paint damage, graffiti and dumping of debris. In a few cases, even shrines and cairns have been built on the sites, along with other alterations.

Looters and vandals can be prosecuted under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979. But experts say the cases can be difficult to prosecute unless there are witnesses. Perhaps the best known is a federal sting that targeted looters in the Four Corners area of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. More than 25 people were arrested in the case.


Archaeology buffs like Robert Schroeder of Phoenix wonder if it's a good idea to have the sites listed so publicly. "I don't see any easy solution," said Schroeder, who photographs petroglyphs, including some that have been damaged. "You want Americans to have access to the country's cultural resources, but you want to keep sensitive sites off the radar, so to speak."

Mike Johnson, deputy preservation officer for the BLM's Arizona office in Phoenix, said urban growth in the West means more people looking to crowd into diminishing open space, putting more pressure on archaeological sites. At the same time, he said technology like GPS helps people find sites, and Internet marketplaces permit thieves to easily market what they've stolen.


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Vandals strike N. Arizona archaeological site by bat400 on Monday, 20 September 2010
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Submitted by coldrum, similar article --

A hiker reported the damage last month at the Kaibab National Forest's Keyhole Sink, named for the keyhole-shaped lava flow.

The word "ACE" is written in what appears to be white paint over the rock art, known as petroglyphs. Kaibab archaeologist Neil Weintraub said Thursday that it's often difficult to catch those responsible for defacing petroglyphs.

The petroglyphs are protected under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979. If the damage is more than $500, the penalty for a first offense is up to two years in prison and $20,000 in fines, forest officials said. A second offense carries penalties of up to five years in prison and $100,000 in fines.

The lava flow was defaced four years ago when vandals scratched names on it, which later were rubbed out. Weintraub said the petroglyphs weren't affected.

Margaret Hangan, heritage program manager for the forest, said Keyhole Sink is one of the only sites in northern Arizona where hikers can learn about petroglyphs and is listed in several guide books.

The forest has offered guided tours during archaeology month in March to see the petroglyphs and an adjacent waterfall created by snow melt, she said.

Archaeologists refer to the prehistoric cultural group that made the petroglyphs as the Cohonina, likely ancestors of the Hopi, Hualapai and Havasupai tribes that inhabited the Parks area, Hangan said. The bear paws, snakes and lizards in the rock art panel are similar to Hopi clan symbols. The panel also depicts an ancient hunting scene.

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Petroglyphs Vandalized: Information Requested from the Public. by bat400 on Thursday, 02 September 2010
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A hiker reported Aug. 26 that vandals defaced the main rock art panel at Keyhole Sink on the Kaibab National Forest. Keyhole Sink is a popular interpretive site open to the public and visited by many.

Petroglyphs at the site date back at least a thousand years. The site remains open to the public so that people can learn about the history of the area and enjoy the unique setting.

Kaibab National Forest Archaeologist Erin Woodard said the petroglyph vandalism is unfortunate. "Many of us in the Southwest enjoy the rich historic culture of the area," Woodard said. "Non-renewable, historic resources, such as petroglyphs and pictographs, can be easily damaged. So, it is important that each visitor to national forests be respectful of the cultural resources in the area and leave them as found for future generations to enjoy."

Individuals with information regarding this incident can contact Martie Schramm, Williams District Ranger, at (928) 635-5630.

For more and a photo, see Williams News.
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