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Mesa Verde is a National Park in southern Colorado and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is renown for the numerous Pueblo people villages and ruins. One of the best known is the spectacular cliff dwelling of Cliff Palace, thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America. No one knows why these settlements were abandoned after a relatively short period of habitation.

Pictograph rock art at the Palatki site in Loy Canyon, Arizona. Most of the artwork is attributed to the Sinagua, who inhabited the area between 650AD and 1200AD, but in some cases artwork from other time periods is interspersed and overlayed with the Sinaguan. More primitive etchings date as far back as 6000 years, while a few markings were made by ancestral Apache more recently (confirmed by tribal elders). Pictographs are painted images, whereas petroglyphs are etchings performed by abrading the rock with the edge of another. Pictographs at this site are typically in white, red and black, or kaolin, hematite and charcoal. Archeologists believe that much of the art at the Palatki site relates to the dreamstate imagery of ancient Shamans. This image reflects the typical flat, protected rock face alcove on which Sinaguan art can be found, with numerous depictions of animals and references to life's journey on the Earth. Yavapai County, Arizona, 2013.

Pictograph rock art at the Palatki site in Loy Canyon, Arizona. Most of the artwork is attributed to the Sinagua, who inhabited the area between 650AD and 1200AD, but in some cases artwork from other time periods is interspersed and overlayed with the Sinaguan. More primitive etchings date as far back as 6000 years, while a few markings were made by ancestral Apache more recently (confirmed by tribal elders). Pictographs are painted images, whereas petroglyphs are etchings performed by abrading the rock with the edge of another. Pictographs at this site are typically in white, red and black, or kaolin, hematite and charcoal. Archeologists believe that much of the art at the Palatki site relates to the dreamstate imagery of ancient Shamans. Hand imprints were common, and suggested pride in one's life's legacy and achievements. Yavapai County, Arizona, 2013.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: A member of a traditional Native-American dance group from Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico talks with family members after performing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Indigenous Peoples Day, also known as Columbus Day.

Frank Hamilton Cushing (American anthropologist and ethnologist, 1857 - 1900) and the five Zuni chiefs. Cushing made pioneering studies of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico by entering into their culture. He was an innovator in the development of the anthropological view that all peoples have a culture from which they draw. Wood engraving, published in 1888.

"In 1054 the Crab Nebula supernova was visible on earth for 23 days and strong evidence on the West Mesa in Chaco Canyon below PeAasco Blanco ruins, shows that a well preserved petroglyph or pictograph records the event which contains a star, crescent moon and hand print. Nesting swallows also use the overhang regularly."

Pictograph rock art at the Palatki site in Loy Canyon, Arizona. Most of the artwork is attributed to the Sinagua, who inhabited the area between 650AD and 1200AD, but in some cases artwork from other time periods is interspersed and overlayed with the Sinaguan. More primitive etchings date as far back as 6000 years, while a few markings were made by ancestral Apache more recently (confirmed by tribal elders). Pictographs are painted images, whereas petroglyphs are etchings performed by abrading the rock with the edge of another. Pictographs at this site are typically in white, red and black, or kaolin, hematite and charcoal. Archeologists believe that much of the art at the Palatki site relates to the dreamstate imagery of ancient Shamans. This image depicts pictogaphs typical of the Sinaguan style. Yavapai County, Arizona, 2013.

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, located in southeastern Utah close to the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park, has sandstone rock faces covered with petroglyphs drawn over 2,000 years ago by Anasazi, Pueblo and Archaic Native Americans. The drawings consist of peoples, animals and symbols and were created in the desert varnish that builds up on the walls of the sandstone when iron and manganese from rainfall and bacteria are deposited.

A spiral petroglyph at Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico. Visible from a walking trail in the park, are numerous petroglyphs aka rock art.. This spiral looks like it's been recently enhanced. The park is a major archeological site of the Puebloan culture, or Anasazi from around late 1000 - 1400 AD, and attracts visitors from all over the world.

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