Painted Desert, Arizona
We went to the area called Newspaper Rock where there are over 650 petroglyphs. Because the sun was going down and there were lots of shadows, they are hard to see. Also, to protect them, you cannot get very close. I had to really lighten this photo so you can see some down in the bottom right corner of the large rock. I have always enjoyed looking at petroglyphs, wondering what the person was like who made them. These were created by ancestral Puebloan people living, farming, and hunting along the Puerco River between 650 and 2,000 years ago. Some of the ancient artists may have lived at Puerco Pueblo, located less than one mile north of this site.
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