Before you lies the AlhaMakkav Valley. On this their aboriginal land, the AhaMakav, have lived since time immemorial. Here they began. Here they still Live. Here they will always remain. This is the land of the AhaMakav, Mohave Nation, People of the Colorado River.
As you look across the valley, you will note the Colorado River wending its way through the length of the land just as it has for centuries. Visualize, if you will, this once wild & mighty river at that long ago time flowing miles wide. Subsistence depended to a large degree upon agriculture. When high water receded, the people did their planting. Surplus was stored to provide for the winter months.
At the northernmost part of the valley stands the spiritual mountian of Avi-Kwa-Ame, from whence the AhaMakav received the instructions of life in "The First Time."
Here, upon this land where you now stand, is the Topock Maze, indeed, a cultural site of much importance to the tribe. To this site the AhaMakav warriors returning from battle first paused for purification before continuing home.
We ask that you respect the context of the above interpretation, just as we respect the religions & monuments of deep meaning & importance to others. Thank you.

AhaMakav Cultural Society-Makav Elders Group
AnaMakav, Mojave Nation

On the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, hundreds of archeological sites confirm the presence of ancestral Native Americans in the Colorado River Valley. Among these sites is the Topock Maze, an earth figure or "geoglyph" in the desert pavement.
Not a true maze, this site is a series of windrows carefully placed in an extensive geometric patter. Today, the site covers about 10 acres. Evidence suggests that is may have originally been only one section in a group of nearby earth images & features. Sadly, important parts of the complex were destroyed by the construction of the highway. But whether or not the geoglyphs in this vicinity were associated with one another, this was clearly an area of symbolic & ritual significance.
The age of the Topaze Maze is not known. Other earth figures in this region are believed to several hundred years old, & some possible are older. Rare & unique expressions of Native American cultural & religion, they remain an enigma of the lower Colorado River desert.
Topaze Maze is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

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Marker is well-weathered

Before you lies the AlhaMakav Valley. On this their aboriginal land, the AhaMakav, have lived since time immemorial. Here they began. Here they still Live. Here they will always remain. This is the land of the AhaMakav, Mohave Nation, People of the Colorado River.
As you look across the valley, you will note the Colorado River wending its way through the length of the land just as it has for centuries. Visualize, if you will, this once wild & mighty river at that long ago time flowing miles wide. Subsistence depended to a large degree upon agriculture. When high water receded, the people did their planting. Surplus was stored to provide for the winter months.
At the northernmost part of the valley stands the spiritual mountain of Avi-Kwa-Ame, from whence the AhaMakav received the instructions of life in "The First Time."
Here, upon this land where you now stand, is the Topock Maze, indeed, a cultural site of much importance to the tribe. To this site the AhaMakav warriors returning from battle first paused for purification before continuing home.
We ask that you respect the context of the above interpretation, just as we respect the religions & monuments of deep meaning & importance to others. Thank you.

AhaMakav Cultural Society-Makav Elders Group
AnaMakav, Mojave Nation


On the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, hundreds of archeological sites confirm the presence of ancestral Native Americans in the Colorado River Valley. Among these sites is the Topock Maze, an earth figure or "geoglyph" in the desert pavement.
Not a true maze, this site is a series of windrows carefully placed in an extensive geometric patter. Today, the site covers about 10 acres. Evidence suggests that is may have originally been only one section in a group of nearby earth images & features. Sadly, important parts of the complex were destroyed by the construction of the highway. But whether or not the geoglyphs in this vicinity were associated with one another, this was clearly an area of symbolic & ritual significance.
The age of the Topock Maze is not known. Other earth figures in this region are believed to several hundred years old, & some possible are older. Rare & unique expressions of Native American cultural & religion, they remain an enigma of the lower Colorado River desert.

Topock Maze is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service-Havasu National Wildlife Refuge

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