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Rock ArtSite Name: Taawaki Alternative Name: Dawa Park, Dawa-ki, Taawa-kiCountry: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Tuba City, AZ Nearest Village: Hotevilla, AZ
Latitude: 35.980000N Longitude: 110.71W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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jeffrep visited on 7th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 1
The rock art of Taawaki decorates the walls of a horseshoe shaped, 200 foot high cliff located in the Dinnebito Wash within the Hopi Indian Reservation. The petroglyphs vary in size and style. The oldest appear to date from the Basketmaker II culture (200 BC - 400 AD). The newest are in the style of the Pueblo III culture (1150 - 1300 AD) although several of the petroglyphs are interpreted by Hopi guides as symbolic of the Spanish contact period (1600s AD).
The site is sacred to the Hopi people. It's location is unmarked on the unpaved roads leading to it, and the site may only be seen by visitors accompanied by a Hopi guide. However, the Taawaki rock art has been recently made available to the public via a CyArk website showing photographs, a "virtual tour," and the results of 3D scans (Archive link). The documentation was funded by the World Monument Fund, and recorded with the assistance of Wes Bernardini (University of Redlands - Archive link) and the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office.
Several guides registered by the Hopi Nation include this site as part of their regular tours and will interpret the figures in light of their own experience within Hopi culture and what can be revealed to visitors. As different Hopi clans have different ceremonies and teachings, different guides may have different interpretations they can share. The site also abounds with a wide variety of pottery shards, which reflect the long use of the site and trade within the southwest.
The location given is general for the area and does not mark the site directly.
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