Overview

The Ash Springs Petroglyph Site is an area of lightly desert-varnished boulders on a low hill overlooking the verdant Pahranagat Valley. Ancient people apparently liked the view, as they used the site as a winter camp. While there, they flaked stones, broke ceramic vessels, and etched the rocks with scenes of bighorn sheep, human figures, and intricate designs of all sorts.

Listed here are details of Site 8. This site consists of several boulders but no petroglyphs. Instead, there are several "rock alignments" in the area. Rock alignments mark the outlines of living shelters, usually domed structures made of sticks and leafy branches called wickiups. The aligned rocks held the vertical stays in place. It is thought that here Native Peoples incorporated the boulders into their shelters.

Although there are said to be several rock alignments here, only one is obvious to me.

Links to Area Map and Site Map.