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 3. This site consists of one large boulder and two adjacent bedrock boulders. The main boulder has two petroglyphs, one on the south face (a line) and another on the east face (a circle). There is a grinding slick (a rock surface used as a metate) atop the two adjacent boulders. The presence of grinding slicks indicates that ladies sat here grinding seeds or other edible materials into meal.

Links to Area Map and Site Map.