Coso Rock Art District

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Coso Rock Art District is a renowned archaeological area in California’s Mojave Desert, famous for its extensive and well-preserved Native American petroglyphs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
petroglyph site ⓘ
rock art site ⓘ
access guided tours only ⓘ
accessRestriction located on active military base ⓘ
associatedWith Coso people ⓘ
Numic-speaking peoples ⓘ
coManagedBy Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance sacred landscape for Indigenous peoples ⓘ
earliestPetroglyphsDateTo circa 10000 years ago ⓘ
environment high desert ⓘ
geology volcanic rock ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfPetroglyphs over 100000 ⓘ
hasConservationConcern natural weathering ⓘ
vandalism risk ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus National Historic Landmark ⓘ
hasMainRockArtStyle Coso Style ⓘ
hasRockArtMotif anthropomorphic figures ⓘ
bighorn sheep ⓘ
geometric designs ⓘ
hunting scenes ⓘ
hasSubArea Big Petroglyph Canyon ⓘ
Little Petroglyph Canyon ⓘ
Renegade Canyon ⓘ
Sugarloaf Mountain area ⓘ
knownFor Native American petroglyphs ⓘ
rock art panels ⓘ
listedIn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Coso Range ⓘ
Inyo County, California ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
locatedOn China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station ⓘ
managementBy U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
mostIntensiveUsePeriod circa 2000 BCE to 1000 CE ⓘ
near Coso Volcanic Field ⓘ
linked to: Coso volcanic field
NRHPType district ⓘ
partOf Great Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin
recognizedAs one of the largest concentrations of petroglyphs in North America ⓘ
researchField anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
rock art studies ⓘ
timeDepth Archaic period ⓘ
tourismType cultural heritage tourism ⓘ
usedFor hunting magic rituals (interpretation) ⓘ
shamanic practices (interpretation) ⓘ

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Maturango Museum → focusesOn → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Maturango Museum → hasEducationalProgramsOn → Coso rock art ⓘ
linked to: Coso Rock Art District
Maturango Museum → near → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Big Petroglyph Canyon → locatedIn → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Big Petroglyph Canyon → partOf → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Big Petroglyph Canyon → partOf → Coso petroglyph fields ⓘ
linked to: Coso Rock Art District
Renegade Canyon → locatedIn → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Horseshoe Canyon (Coso Rock Art District) → partOf → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
subject linked to: Horseshoe Canyon
Horseshoe Canyon (Coso Rock Art District) → partOf → Coso Rock Art District National Historic Landmark ⓘ
subject linked to: Horseshoe Canyon
linked to: Coso Rock Art District
Horseshoe Canyon (Coso Rock Art District) → locatedInProtectedArea → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
subject linked to: Horseshoe Canyon
Horseshoe Canyon (Coso Rock Art District) → belongsTo → Coso petroglyph province ⓘ
subject linked to: Horseshoe Canyon
linked to: Coso Rock Art District
Coso Range → knownFor → Coso petroglyphs ⓘ
linked to: Coso Rock Art District
Coso Range → contains → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Coso people → archaeologicalSite → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ
Sugarloaf Mountain area → partOf → Coso Rock Art District ⓘ