Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Petroglyphs - Nevada - Pictographs on Waymarking.com

These petroglyps are located at the end of a 0.1-mile trail that starts at the Willow Springs Picnic Area located off the northwest portion of the 13-mile Scenic Drive through Red Rock Canyon NCA.

From Wikipedia:

"The first humans were attracted to the Red Rock area due to its resources of water, plant and animal life that could not be easily found in the surrounding desert. This made Red Rock Canyon NCA very attractive to hunters and gatherers such as the historical Southern Paiute and the much older Archaic, or Desert Culture Native Americans."

As many as six different Native American cultures may have been present in Red Rock Canyon over the millennia. The following chronology is an approximation:

* Southern Paiute 900 A.D. to modern times
* Patayan Culture 900 A.D. to early historic times in the 1800s
* Anasazi 1 A.D. to 1150 A.D.
* Pinto/Gypsum (Archaic) 3,500 B.C. to 1 A.D.
* San Dieguito 7,000 to 5,500 B.C.
* Paleo-Indians (Tule Springs) 11,000 to 8,000 B.C."

"Numerous petroglyphs as well as pottery fragments remain today throughout the area. In addition, several roasting pits used by the early Native Americans provide further evidence of human activity in the past at Red Rock Canyon."

The Scenic Drive hours are:
November 1 through February 28/29: 6am–5pm
March 1 through March 31: 6am–7pm
April 1 through September 30: 6am–8pm
October 1 through October 31: 6am–7pm

The Visitor Center hours are: 8am-4:30pm

Type of Pictograph: Petroglyph

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