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ROCK ART - PETROGLYPHS
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September 13, 2004
Tribes hope to protect ancient sites
For more than 1,000 years, tribes from at least three American Indian cultures came to a place overlooking what is now the Las Vegas Valley to feast on agave, hunt bighorn sheep and etch symbols of their lifestyles in the sandstone outcroppings known as Little Red Rocks.
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July 14, 2003
ANCIENT ARTISTS: Wilderness coalition wants to protect rock etchings
On Badger Mountain, herds of bighorn sheep stand frozen in time, etched in boulders and rock walls by ancient artists.
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Nov. 29, 1998
PETROGLYPH PRESERVATION
A retired trucker stumbles across a 75-foot-long panel of American Indian etchings in a remote part of Southern Nevada that at one time was a gathering site for hunters and ceremonial dancers.
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July 27, 1997
ETCHED IN STONE
Petroglyphs telling rich stories about the life of ancient Indian tribes are threatened by Las Vegas, which keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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EDITORIAL: Preserve the petroglyphs
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