Topock Maze
The Topock Maze, as it was named, covers 18 acres (73,000 m2) and consists of a series of parallel windrows approximately five feet apart.
A late 19th century unpublished ethnographic report states that the Mojave people used to put some of their men into the center of the maze, leaving them to find their way out without crossing the windrows. Edward Curtis wrote in 1908 that, "It is believed that by running in and out through one of these immense labyrinths, one haunted with a dread may bewilder the spirit occasioning it, and thus elude them."
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