Rock Art Around Las Vegas
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Overview The Ash Springs Petroglyph Site is an area of lightly desert-varnished boulders on a low hill overlooking the verdant Pahranagat Valley. Ancient people apparently liked the view, as they used the site as a winter camp. While there, they flaked stones, broke ceramic vessels, and etched the rocks with scenes of bighorn sheep, human figures, and intricate designs of all sorts. Listed here are details of Site 2. The boulders near the site marker are not marked. Instead, this site consists of a single petroglyph on a low, flattened bedrock outcrop about 10-12 feet north of the marker. The image is faint, but it is said to represent a long-legged bighorn sheep. I don't really see it, but I used Photoshop to highlight what I saw. |
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 Site 2 (view N from near marker) |
 The big petroglyph at Site 2 is hard to see (view N) |
 Petroglyph of a long-legged bighorn sheep |
 Petroglyph of a long-legged bighorn sheep (photoshopped) |
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