Petroglyph National Monument
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linkys
N 35° 08.320 W 106° 42.657
13S E 344129 N 3889760
NPS unit that protects and preserves more than 20,000 prehistoric and historic Native American and Hispanic petroglyphs within the city of Albuquerque.
Waymark Code: WM7P8G
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2009
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Developed from several existing local and state parks, the Monument protects some excellent petroglyphs that the ever expanding city is encroaching upon. There are three distinct and separate areas of petroglyphs within the Monument: Rinconada Canyon, Boca Negra and Piedras Marcadas.
The visitor center, which was once the home of Dr. Sophie Aberle, the first practicing applied anthropologist in the United States, is the place to find out about where to go and what to see in the monument. It's also where to ask questions of the Ranger on duty.
Each of the areas has its own special flavor, from being well marked and easily accessible, through requiring some climbing over rocks to you're pretty much on your own. Which means there is something for everyone.
Petroglyphs, which are images scratched or chipped into rock by removing a surface discoloration, abound throughout the Monument. The rocks are volcanic and the petroglyphs appears as lighter images on the rock faces.
Another example of what the Monument preserves.
