Black Mountain Rock Art District


Black Canyon--Inscription Canyon--Black Mountain Rock Art District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Petroglyphs in the district
Nearest city	Hinkley, California
Area	39,700 acres (16,100 ha)
NRHP Reference #	00001046^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 12, 2000

The Black Mountain Rock Art District is an archaeological district located in the Mojave Desert northwest of Barstow, San Bernardino County, California. The district includes a large collection of Native American rock art, including over 12,000 petroglyphs. The largest group of petroglyphs, which includes over 1,000 of the designs, is in Inscription Canyon. The more complex designs include humanoid figures, shields, masks, baskets, deer, bighorn sheep, and other plants and animals. Other petroglyphs represent patters such as cirles, lines, and zigzags. Native Americans made petroglyps in the area due to its abundance of easily marked lava rock and hard quartz for making etching tools.^[2]

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 2000.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Black Mountain Rock Art District". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

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