Construction crews building President Trump’s hostile border wall razed a portion of a Native American archeological site in Arizona estimated to be at least 1,000 years old.

Approximately 60 to 70 feet of the 272-foot-long Las Playas Intaglio, a design etched into the ground in Southwest Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, suffered damage from heavy construction machinery, as first reported by the Washington Post .

The intaglio, a type of geometric or figurative drawing etched into arid desert pavements, resembles a fish and likely served as a sacred site for ancestors of the Tohono O’odham Nation, which lies east of the refuge.

In a statement to Hyperallergic, a spokesperson for the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) confirmed that one of its contractors “inadvertently disturbed” the archaeological site last Thursday, April 23.

“[CBP] Commissioner Rodney Scott is engaged directly with tribal leadership to determine appropriate next steps,” the spokesperson said.…