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