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📍 Gila Wilderness rock art panel
Rock art on New Mexico volcanic rock! 🎨 A stick figure preserved in a corner — the rest of the ancient art panel eroded away long ago.
Key facts claimed:
- Volcanic rock face with ancient art discovered along expedition route
- Stick figure with object visible on rock wall
- Art likely protected by overhang, preventing complete erosion
- Original rock art panel significantly eroded over centuries
- Similar geology to Gila Cliff Dwelling National Monument
Sources
New Mexico: Petroglyph National Monumentnps.govThe petroglyphs are carved directly into the surface of the rock, chipped off by chisel and other stones. The ancient Puebloans created most of ...
The Petroglyphs: Rock Art of the Past in Albuquerque, New ...thecenterforglobalawareness.wordpress.comA petroglyph is a rock carving made by pecking directly on the rock surface using a stone chisel and a hammerstone.
Strolling amid ancient rock art in New Mexicoseattletimes.comOn the edge of an Albuquerque, N.M.. suburb, Petrolglyph National Monument preserves more that 20000 ancient rock-art images and symbols.
Rocks That Speaknewmexicomagazine.orgSmooth rock with a sheen or “desert varnish” that reveals a different color when chipped or pecked away is common, especially in volcanic ...
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