Honanki Picture Gallery

Honanki is another Sinagua cliff dwelling site about a 15 minute drive away from Palatki. It contains a more extensive set of ruins than Palatki, as well as a significant amount of rock art. However, the rock art at Honanki is generally not as varied or accessible as that at Palatki; if you visit, binoculars or a telephoto lens are recommended. Directions to Honanki can be obtained either at Palatki or the Sedona Ranger Station. Honanki is a recent recipient of an America's Treasures grant, which will be used to create a trail and viewing platform that will allow a better look at some of the ruins and rock art currently only visible at a distance from behind a fence.

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	The ruins at Honanki are more extensive than those at Palatki, the population being obviously larger here.
	The right picture is a closeup of the pictographs visible top center in the left picture (above the ruins).
	The picture at right shows the animal figures at the bottom of the left picture. These pictographs look as though they were made by smearing red mud on the walls.
	Two of the very few petroglyphs at Honanki. At left, the crescent moon shape was chipped out of the sandstone, as compared to the white pictographs nearby. The image on the right looks as though it was scratched out.
	Pictographs above one of the dwelling walls; additional pictographs are present in the rock alcove below the line of figures, including several not visible here either because of the angle or because they are in shadow.
	Not the best of pictures, but careful examination will reveal numerous pictographs (including two handprints on the right).

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