The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society invites the public to a presentation in the Lyceum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Drive, and on Zoom at 7 p.m. April 9. Social time will be held at 6:30 p.m. After a brief business meeting, Leigh Marymor will present, “Western Message Petroglyphs: Faux Native American Picture-Writing in Colorado and the American West.”
Western Message Petroglyphs are engraved with metal-edged tools on boulders and natural rock walls. They are found in remote settings along transportation routes associated with mining town such as Durango and Del Norte. The author or authors appropriated Native American and worldwide cultural symbols arranged in straight line to be read left to right.
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