Petroglyphs in Chaco Canyon

Work Information
Period: Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)
Location: City/Site: Chaco Canyon
Region: New Mexico
Country: United States
Date: ca.850 to 1250
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

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Kua-0083
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Description: Petroglyph of an open-armed, open-legged figure formed by pecking, incising, and abrading the soft sandstone using harder stones (hammerstones).
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Vendor Cat #: Kua-0083
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0084
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Description: Petroglyph panel where pecking and incising techniques have been used. Spirals, a favorite motif, are seen here.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Vendor Cat #: Kua-0084
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0085
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Description: Navajo people probably scratched this horse-and-rider petroglyph into the rock sometime after the 16th century when horses were first brought by the Spaniards to the Southwest.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Vendor Cat #: Kua-0085
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0086
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Description: Incised petroglyphs.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Vendor Cat #: Kua-0086
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0087
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Description: Grooves and holes in the canyon wall. They may have been worn by tool sharpening, but their groupings suggest other (non-practical) reasons they were created.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Vendor Cat #: Kua-0087
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0088
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Description: Close view of ancient grooves and more recent additions.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Vendor Cat #: Kua-0088
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft