Water intrudes, year by year dissolving and working its way in deeper. Earthquakes shake the mountains of shattered bright rock and pieces tumble. Other cycles overlay the geologic ones. Year by year people follow their tracks through various harvests. Trade routes work through the sharp mountains.
Harvesters gather acorns, chia seeds, pine nuts and anything else.
In a place like this one can't be choosy. Being people, they leave tracks. Some, being made of the nearly everlasting stone, record many years of use. Others remain only because of their location. People make art .