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  • Macro view of a small snake figure carved on a large rock features fangs protruding from its round head at the left and "ring" lines crossing its tail tip at the right. Its body is drawn with angles of a lightning symbol, signifying the snake's power and speed.  The basalt boulders covering the hillside that Rinconada Canyon Trail traces would have offered prime habitat for rattlesnakes. Was this petroglyph created as a helpful warning to prehistoric Puebloan travelers?
    rattlesnake 0051.jpg
  • One of the more unusual petroglyphs found along the Rinconada Canyon trail in Petroglyph National Monument suggests a mythical being with two feet and no arms.  Do the three "antennae" signify shamanic power of communication with spirits?
    shaman 0218.jpg
  • This image's enclosed glyph features a central, stepped design with elements associated with the Aztec rain deity Tlaloc. Such similarities between Aztec and Puebloan symbols are believed to indicate cross-cultural communication and trade.  Cloud lines along the glyph's upper-left edge and lightning lines at its lower right may also imply its association with life-giving rain.
    rain glyph 0090.jpg
  • This petroglyph of a circle bisected by a straight line is a classic example of the "water glyph" identified by Bob Ford and Dixon Spendlove in their explorations of Anasazi petroglyphs in southern Utah, northern Arizona, and southeastern Nevada. Ford and Spendlove have discovered that such symbols point to and mark water sources.  Did this glyph from Petroglyphs National Monument convey the proximity of the river we know as Rio Grande?
    water glyph 0073.jpg
  • This image's zia glyph features the characteristic round, solar disk surrounded by radiating sets of parallel lines placed at the four cardinal directions (north, east, south, west).
    zia 0045.jpg
  • Two versions of the "talking birds" motif are featured on this rock panel.  Each pair of birds seems to represent a unique bird species, with the left pair closely resembling parrots.  Notably, the parrot designates a Puebloan clan; thus, if these glyphs are clan markers, the other pair of birds might signify the Turkey (Turkois) or Roadrunner/Pheasant clan.
    talking birds 0044.jpg
  • This distinct bear paw image could be a clan marker.  However, for some Puebloans, the bear paw is also a water symbol.
    bear paw 0082.jpg
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