Saturday, August 23, 2008

Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM

It's definitely worth a look if you're ever in Albuquerque for a couple days. Ancient Puebloan peoples drew glyphs all over these rocks well over 1000 years ago.

FYI: The Puebloans are also known as the "Anasazi," however, that is a derogatory name given to them by their more modern conquerers, the Navajo, and means something akin to "ancient enemy" and so is not a nice thing to refer to then as. The ancestors of the ancient Puebloan People prefer to be called "Puebloan." We learned this while we were out there in NM, very cool.

Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM

Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM

At the top of the hill:

Carson at the top of Petroglyph National Monument

Albuquerque, NM from Petroglyph National Monument

Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque, NM

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