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From "Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color," by Philip Ball (which I wrote about last week): But will anyone still be painting in ten or twenty years' time? It is not a fashionable art. Painters have become a relative novelty among the candidates for the much hyped Turner Prize, awarded annually in Britain for young artists. The names of no new young painters are on everyone's lips (at least, not for longer than a few weeks). We are still blessed with our Fran Auerbachs, our Howard…

Petroglyphs are images created on a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Petroglyphs are found worldwide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. The term petroglyph should not be confused with petrograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art or parietal art. Another form of petroglyph, normally found in literate cultures, a rock relief or rock-cut…

Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico, feel the spirit of the local or migrating Native American what they left behind on this land, these stones, these pieces of the earth. Visit Santa Fe, rent a cozy historic adobe home in town, good winter rates, walking distance to the plaza, check it out Airbnb 2562597, Winter in New Mexico is beautiful for skiing, snow shoeing and hikes under the full moon.

The Petroglyph National Monument is a park running for 17 miles along the west mesa outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It features numerous natural resources including volcanoes, archeological sites and an estimated 24,000 carved images. Many of the images are recognizable as animals, people, brands and crosses; others are more complex. These images are inseparable from the cultural landscape, the spirits of the pueblo people who created and who appreciate them. Some areas of the park are…

Three Rivers, New Mexico Petroglyphs. A unique spot in the middle of the desert not too far from the Trinity Site - you know, where they tested "The Bomb." Shot with a Canon EF (70s style SLR) in 2002. Petroglyphs at Three Rivers were created by Jornada Mogollon people between about 900 and 1400 AD. A short interpretative trail 200 yards south of the petroglyphs leads to the remains of the Mogollon village, whose inhabitants were likely responsible for the petroglyphs. The site, which was…

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Photographic Print: Petroglyph, Three Rivers Site Poster by Tom Walker : 24x18in

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Chaco Canyon Petroglyphs

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The Mesa Prieta Project is documenting over 100,000 petroglyphs on a mesa north of Española. The densest site is managed by the Archaeological Conservancy.

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Three Rivers Petroglyph site near Alamogordo, NM.

Kokopelli petroglyph located on BLM land near Embudo, New Mexico