NPS Photo by Stella Carroll
The Ancestral Pueblo people are classified as prehistoric because they had no formal written language. Above the top row of viga holes there are many petroglyphs (designs or symbols carved into the rock). Some petroglyphs depict easily recognizable forms such as turkeys, dogs, and lightning. Others have less obvious meanings. Once considered rock “art,” it is becoming apparent these drawings had much deeper and specific meanings to the people who carved them.