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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Agua Fria National Monument
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 37.947 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Phoenix, AZ  Nearest Village: Black Canyon City, AZ
Latitude: 34.238500N  Longitude: 112.111W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Agua Fria National Monument
Agua Fria National Monument submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs spotted at Pueblo Pato in the Agua Fria National Monument Image copyright: Andreas Schmalz (Andreas Schmalz), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art, Pueblo Sites in Yavapai County, Arizona. The Agua Fria River canyon is the home of petroglyphs and pueblo sites dating back as much as 2000 years. As many as 450 distinct archaeological sites have been recorded.

The majority of the many pueblo ruin sites date from 1250 to 1450 AD, and are associated with agricultural terraces, the remains of which can still be seen.

The Badger Springs Wash trail can be used to access petroglyph panels, while the Pueblo la Plata ruins require more of a hike. The National Monument is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. See the
Agua Fria website for more information on access.

Note: the location given is for the west entrance closest to the Badger Springs Wash trailhead. The National Monument covers over 70 thousand acres and has multiple access roads. Trail maps and trailhead information will provide adequately detailed information for major sites, but please note that some of the roads in Agua Fria will require four-wheel drive high clearance vehicles.

Note: Petroglyph panels damaged in Agua Fria National Monument.
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Agua Fria National Monument
Agua Fria National Monument submitted by bat400 : A petroglyph site at the edge of the Agua Fria river canyon. Photo by bat400, March 2023. The contrast has been boosted slightly to show off the figures in the foreground. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Agua Fria National Monument - Badger Springs Wash
Agua Fria National Monument - Badger Springs Wash submitted by bat400 : Boulder with multiple grinding depressions at the Badger Springs Wash site. The stone is thought to have split at some point before European contact, probably during a flooding event that undercut one side of the boulder. Photo by bat400. Taken in March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Agua Fria National Monument - Badger Springs Wash
Agua Fria National Monument - Badger Springs Wash submitted by bat400 : Panel at the Badger Springs Wash site. Photo by bat400. Taken in March 2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Agua Fria National Monument - Badger Springs Wash
Agua Fria National Monument - Badger Springs Wash submitted by bat400 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Agua Fria National Monument
Agua Fria National Monument submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs spotted at Pueblo Pato in the Agua Fria National Monument Image copyright: Andreas Schmalz (Andreas Schmalz), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Vandals daub Arizona Petroglyphs with Paint. by bat400 on Friday, 18 February 2011
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Petroglyph panels at Agua Fria National Monument have been damaged by white paint and obscenities scrawled on nearby boulders, the Bureau of Land Management said this week.

Although the petroglyph site, about 2 miles east of Cordes Junction, was relatively accessible, the damaged panels were not, said monument manager Rem Hawes.
"It would actually take some climbing on cliffs to get to where these petroglyphs are," he said.

Authorities believe the vandals visited the site at least twice between July and November. The bureau is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the damage.

Archaeologists say that Archaic Period hunter-gatherers who once lived in the area left the rock art about 2,000 years ago. The area later was settled by people archaeologists call Perry Mesa Tradition, about whom very little is known. The monument has about 400 recorded archaeological sites.

"It's very rare, and so it's irreplaceable," Hawes said. "So much of it hasn't been studied yet."

"It's losing our history, essentially," he said.

Damaging petroglyphs or other archaeological sites is a violation of federal law that carries a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison. Anyone with information about the Agua Fria vandalism should call Special Agent Angela Stevens at 602-417-9316.

Hawes said he suspects that damage like this is typically done by youths who do not fully understand the historical value of the sites.
"This is a bad thing to do, and it's a felony and it's taken seriously," he said.

For more, see http://www.azcentral.com. Thanks to coldrum for the link.
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