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    • Hohokam Style Human like Figure

    • Hohokam Style Human like Figure

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph is tradtional style Hohokam anthropomorphs or human like figures.The Hohokam culture is the name given to farming people of the American southwest between AD 200 and 1450. Their sites are found throughout the Sonoran Desert of...
    • Human with Dogs and Bow and Arrow

    • Human with Dogs and Bow and Arrow

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • This panel of pictographs is located in the same Pedregosa Mountain cave as Item 30. The human figure has fingers and toes, and appears to be holding a dog and bow and arrow. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Large Scale Petroglyphs

    • Large Scale Petroglyphs

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • These petroglyphs are located in the Central San Bernardino Valley in Cochise County Arizona. The culture is unknown. There is a stylistic similarity with the image shown in Item 32, especially in the rows of opposing half opals, though the...
    • Mimbres Dragon Fly

    • Mimbres Dragon Fly

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph of a dragon fly is typical of the Mimbres style. The Mimbres culture is a subset of the larger Mogollon culture and was centered in the Mimbres Valley. Their territory encompassed the upper Gila River and parts of the upper San...
    • Mimbres Style Petroglyphs

    • Mimbres Style Petroglyphs

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • A petroglyph is rock art that is pecked, scratched or abraided into the rock surface. These petroglyphs depict a big horn sheep, a dragon fly and other elements characteristic of the Mimbres culture. These and other petroglyphs found on the eastern...
    • Mimbres Style Quadruped

    • Mimbres Style Quadruped

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph of a quadruped is classic Mimbres style. The Mimbres culture is a subset of the larger Mogollon culture and was centered in the Mimbres Valley. Their territory encompassed the upper Gila River and parts of the upper San Francisco...
    • Mixed Pictographs

    • Mixed Pictographs

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These pictographs were found painted on the walls of a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains in Cochise County. The elements were painted in black by an unknown culture. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Mixed Quadruped Images

    • Mixed Quadruped Images

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These petroglyphs and pictograph are of bighorn sheep and were found on both sides of the Chiricahua Mountains. The petoglyph at the lower left is done in the Mimbres culture style. The pictograph and petroglyph at right are done in a more...
    • Mogollon Geometric Elements

    • Mogollon Geometric Elements

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph is a geometric shape typical of the Mogollon tradition.The Native American culture known as the Mogollon lived in the southwest from approximately AD 150 until sometime between AD 1300 and AD 1400. It was found in a canyon on the...
    • Mounted Apache Warrior

    • Mounted Apache Warrior

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • This pictograph of a mounted warrior was found in the Cave Creek area of the Chiricahua Mountains and the image was taken by Gene Riggs. Apaches arrived in the Southwest about 600 years ago. In Arizona, the Apaches formed groups located in eastern...
    • Peloncillo Mountains Long Tailed Quadruped

    • Peloncillo Mountains Long Tailed Quadruped

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • Petroglyphs of long tailed quadupeds were common to the Mogollon culture. The Native American culture known as the Mogollon lived in the southwest from approximately AD 150 until sometime between AD 1300 and AD 1400.This petroglyph was found on the...
    • Petroglyphs on Boulder with Spring foliage

    • Petroglyphs on Boulder with Spring foliage

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This boulder with petroglyphs is located in the Central San Bernadino Valley of southeastern Arizona along the Arizona/New Mexico border between the Pedragosa Mountains and the Peloncillo Mountains. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Pictograph Overhang

    • Pictograph Overhang

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • When rock art is painted onto a surface it is referred to as a pictograph. This low ceiling overhang contains many pictographs. There were also a partial block wall and bedrock mortars found at the site. The culture that created these is unknown....
    • Plant Petroglyph

    • Plant Petroglyph

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This boulder with petroglyphs is located in the Central San Bernadino Valley of southeastern Arizona along the Arizona/New Mexico border between the Pedragosa Mountains and the Peloncillo Mountains. The image was taken by Gene Riggs. The plant...
    • Polychrome Pictographs - Mexico

    • Polychrome Pictographs - Mexico

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Mexico, Petroglyphs--Southwest, New

    • These intricate pictographs are located in an overhang near Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico. The general impression of the site if that it was used for female riturals. The culture is unknown. The image was taken by Dan Frey.
    • Quadruped Picotgraph

    • Quadruped Picotgraph

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • When rock art is painted onto a surface it is referred to as a pictograph. This is probably a stylized representation of a bighorn sheep. The element is done in reddish brown paint and is found on the ceiling of the low overhang in the previous...
    • Quadrupeds Pictograph

    • Quadrupeds Pictograph

    • Unknown

    • Pictograph; Rock art--Arizona

    • These pictographs were found painted on the walls of a cave in the Pedregosa Mountains in Cochise County. The elements were painted in black by an unknown culture. The image was taken by Gene Riggs.
    • Small Petroglyph Boulder

    • Small Petroglyph Boulder

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Mexico; Petroglyphs--Southwest, New

    • This small boulder contains a great many elements, both abstract and representational, on both sides of the rock. Ther is a similar small petroglyph boulder about 20 meters away. The boulders are located in a flat, open area at an archaeological...
    • Weathered Rock Panel Anthropomorph

    • Weathered Rock Panel Anthropomorph

    • Unknown

    • Petroglyphs--Arizona; Petroglyphs--Southwest New; Rock art --Arizona

    • This petroglyph of an anthropomorphic or human-like shape. The petroglyph is located in the Central San Bernadino Valley of southeastern Arizona along the Arizona/New Mexico border between the Pedragosa Mountains and the Peloncillo Mountains The...

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