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Rock ArtSite Name: Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve Alternative Name: Deer Valley Rock Art Center, Hedgpeth Hills siteCountry: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Phoenix Nearest Village: Sun City
Latitude: 33.677310N Longitude: 112.15265W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Catrinm would like to visit
bat400 visited on 15th Mar 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A site with many, many individual glyphs. Take binoculars to better appreciate the art, which includes both representational figures and those that appear much more abstract.
A very well presented site with easy access on a flat quarter mile sand, gravel and concrete footpath. (Wheel chair access with minor assistance is possible on the trail.)
TimPrevett have visited here
I really recommend a visit. The museum and interpretive centre discusses the site and its petroglyphs as well as tools and pottery associated with the site and Hohokam culture. Archaeology of the site includes features aside from the rock art which are described in the museum, but are not accessible to visitors. These include the remains of a pit house with middens and cooking areas, and the foundations of two masonry rooms top the outcropping where the majority of petroglyphs were found.
The centre was renamed (previously, Deer Valley Rock Art Center) to emphasize the acreage of desert preserved from encroaching development, the fragility of such sites with increased tourism, and to indicate that a small number of rock art pieces were actually moved to their current location when the nearby dam was built. (All moved pieces are so identified.) The preserve is the result of a partnership by a number of organizations, including the Army Corps of Engineers, Maricopa Flood Control District and Arizona State University. The site is protected and operated by Arizona State University.
The concrete and steel building was designed by architect Will Bruder, famous for much larger public and commercial buildings in the southwest.
[Text revised by bat400, March 2018.]
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