Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant
Archaic to Ancestral Puebloan (3000 BCE–1300 CE)·Southern Paiute / Ancestral Puebloan·🇺🇸 Arizona, Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, Nampaweap or Mitsu'ipi, United States
The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company from Claremont, California, United States · CC BY 2.0
About
About Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant
Parashant Nampaweap recorded by Peel 1970s, Puebloan pilgrimage trail markers to Grand Canyon. Recorded context — Period: Archaic to Ancestral Puebloan (3000 BCE–1300 CE); Culture: Southern Paiute / Ancestral Puebloan; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: Kaibab limestone; Condition: preserved — monument.
Why it mattersKey Southern Paiute / Ancestral Puebloan rock-art with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE abstract; Pueblo 700–1100 CE figures
- Period
- Archaic to Ancestral Puebloan (3000 BCE–1300 CE)
- Culture
- Southern Paiute / Ancestral Puebloan
- Purpose
- Densest Grand Canyon petroglyph field — 1000+ panels 8 ha on Kaibab limestone boulders and trail markers
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1951
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant
c. 3000 BCE abstract; Pueblo 700–1100 CE figures
Initial construction / first occupation at Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant
On the ground
Structures & features
36.1830° N · 113.8210° W · 1410 m · 3 mapped features
- Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant — hydraulic feature36.1839° N · 113.8198° W
- Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant — subsidiary complex36.1844° N · 113.8222° W
- Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Nampaweap Rock Art — Grand Canyon Parashant — subsidiary complex36.1829° N · 113.8230° W
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