LA Number:

LA 43679

Site Name:

Walt Canyon

Location:


This slight rocky overhang may be unassuming on the landscape just west of the Pecos River Valley, but upon closer inspection this sandstone site becomes a painted canvas. Pictographs decorate the underside of the rock ledge, likely painted by nomads over 1,000 years ago. Like many other rock art sites in southeast New Mexico, the panel mainly features geometric forms like diamonds, triangles, and zig-zag patterns painted in bright red and yellow pigments.


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