Monday, October 12, 2026


My favorite petroglyphs to visit and find are from the Huhugam (ancestors of the Tohono O’ Odham) around the Gila River flood plain in South Central Arizona. I am learning by reading archeological studies then visiting and photographing, reflecting, imagining what it would be like to live in the area more than forty generations ago.

The rock art there is creative and interesting. I think I can see specific individual styles. Once you spend so much time around these works, you begin the think of all the things around the creation of these ideas pecked in stone. I’m particularly interested in the calendar and celestial interpretations. How did they know these things? Are some of the panels maps of the surrounding area and the sky?