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Partially excavated pictographs in United States · Mysteria

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Partially excavated pictographs in United States

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Pictographs4 Rock art sites4 Petroglyphs1 Rock shelters1

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Partially excavated2 Excavation ongoing1 Not applicable1

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🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Horseshoe Canyon — Barrier Canyon Great Gallery

Barrier Canyon Style (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Barrier Canyon archaic (pre-Fremont)

Horseshoe Great Gallery recorded by Schaafsma 1970s, Archaic Barrier Style before Anasazi.

🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Hueco Tanks Rock Art — Comanche Cave Panel

Archaic Hueco (6000 BCE) → Jornada Mogollon (1200 CE) → Tigua/Mescalero pictographs · Jornada Mogollon / Apache Comanche

El Paso huecos excavated by Jackson 1920s, 3000 pictographs, Comanche Cave masks 1000 CE.