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Archaeology of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument - Archaeological evidence shows much human use of the area over the past centuries. Prehistoric use is documented by irreplaceable rock art images, quarries, villages, watchtowers, farms, burial sites, caves, rockshelters, trails and camps. Historic ranch structures and corrals, fences, water tanks and the ruins of sawmills are scattered across the monument, and tell the stories of the remote family ranches and the lifestyles of early homesteaders. There are several old mining sites dating from the 1870s, showing the history of mining during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.