Archeology group tours Alibates monument

ARCHEOLOGY AMATEURS of the Canyonland Archeological Society from Cottle, Motley and Briscoe counties toured Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Oct. 16. | CAROL CAMPBELL PHOTO
ARCHEOLOGY AMATEURS of the Canyonland Archeological Society from Cottle, Motley and Briscoe counties toured Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Oct. 16. | CAROL CAMPBELL PHOTO

On Saturday, October 16, nine members of the Canyonland Archeological Society from Cottle, Motley and Briscoe counties toured the ruins and petroglyphs of Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, located in the Canadian River Valley close to the Lake Meredith National Recreational Area.

The Antelope Creek natives who quarried in more than 700 pits of Alibates flint stone in the area are believed …