California Rock Art Sites

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Ron's Anza Borrego Home Page
A few pictures of pictographs and petroglyphs.
ABDNHA - Rock Art
Page on Manfred Knaak's great book, The Forgotten Artist; thumbnail links to several photos from the book.
DesertUSA - Anza-Borrego DSP: Description

Bishop/Owens Valley Petroglyphs

Bishop, California: The Petroglyphs of the Volcanic Tableland. Eastern Sierra.
Nice guide article on Bishop-area petroglyphs, with many general suggestions as to where to look for rock art sites, and a few specific site descriptions.
Rock Art!
Computer-enhanced photo of a large horizontal panel in the Owens Valley; link to unenhanced photo.

Blythe Intaglios

BLM Yuma Intaglios
Temporarily unavailable.

Chumash Rock Art

"Chumash Rock Art"
William Hyder's site on his research into the Chumash Indians. Dig deep into this site, and you will find lots of articles, maps, pictures and site descriptions.
Chumash Rock Art
Chumash Interpretive Center - Thousand Oaks, CA
See the "Guided Tours" section.

Coso Rock Art

Ancient Artists of the Great Basin Desert
    General article on Coso Range art - most pictures from Little Petroglyph Canyon (Desert USA site).
Maturango Museum Home Page
    Home page of the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, CA, with information and schedules for tours of the rock art in Little Petroglyph Canyon (located in the China Lake Naval Weapons Research Center; the only public access is through guided tours).
Maturango Museum Petroglyph Tours Guided Tour - Ridgecrest California
Coso pictures - Bradshaw Foundation
    A few pictures.
Human Touch Pavilion of Nature and History Petroglyph Exhibit

Death Valley

Day Hikes in Death Valley National Park
Two official NPS pages, both describing how to get to Titus Canyon site.

East Mojave National Preserve

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Text only (see "Status of Archeological (sic) Research")
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Mojave National Preserve (DesertUSA)

Fossil Falls

Ridgecrest Field Office Homepage
Temporarily unavailable.

Indian Canyons - Palm Springs

Joshua Tree National Park and nearby area

Joshua Tree National Park - Animals, Plants, and Rock Formations
    Single thumbnail link at bottom to site near Squaw Tank.
Joshua Tree National Park Things To Do
     Barker Dam trail leads to petroglyphs (the infamous "Disney" petroglyphs, painted over by a Disney film crew so they would show up better on film).
Joshua Tree NP 17 Point Index
    Official NPS website.

Description of Hospital Rock, pictograph site; thumbnail link to a nice photo.

Tomo-Kahni State Park

Welcome to Tomo-Kahni State Park, California

Vasquez Rocks

Tataviam Rock Art: Sun

Tataviam Rock Art: Lizard

Tataviam Rock Art: Volcano

Tataviam Rock Art: Snake
Five links from the Santa Clarita Valley History page.

Tours

See Tours section.

Random Links

Ridgecrest Field Office Homepage
Info on Last Chance Canyon.
NATIVE-L (November 1994): Tehachapi Pass Questions
GORP - Turtle Mountains Wilderness, California
Science News Online - Past Issues - Feature Article - 10/5/96
Article on rock art and shamanism.
CERES: State Historical Landmarks for Riverside County

Motte Test Page

BLM-CA Rock Art Tour
    Great site - descriptions of all 24 California BLM rock art sites open to the public (most in Southern California, 4 in NE California). Temporarily unavailable.
Mohawk Spring Hike
    BLM page on hike south of Needles, CA. Temporarily unavailable.
Trip To Mopah Mountains, Mojave Desert
    Description of college field trip to rock art site - first-rate.
Images of sites in California
     Links to rock art photos of varying quality from Burro Flats, Mockingbird Canyon and Olsen Canyon

Books on rock art of the Southwest

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