Illustrated Daily; Library Footage: Rock Art Potpourri, Petroglyphs, San Cristóbal
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Rock Art Potpourri. Petroglyph Park, petroglyphs, West Mesa escarpment, Ike Eastfold, San Cristobal. “Petroglyphs are designs carved and pecked into rocks that reflect people’s ideologies and thoughts. Petroglyphs directly relate to religious ideas among the Pueblo people and the ones we see here are probably dated between 1350 and 1680. They directly relate to the iconography of the religion and form part of the archaeological record. The artistic expression that comes to us from the people who lived here in the past relates to the ideas that they held. A lot of the animals or symbols are not just representations of coyotes, bears, and deer, but they stand for other ideas within the religious system of the people. Petroglyphs are worth preserving because a lot of that information is now lost, and it comes to us mostly through these petroglyphs.” Interviewee: Polly Schaafsma (Archeologist). Interviewer: Coda Robertson.
