There’s one place in Southern Nevada that offers explorers a look back into prehistory and the art of the natives who inhabited the desert long before the casinos, hotels, saloons and ranches.
Explorers brave enough to venture out towards Hiko or Rachel, Nevada, perhaps hunting a glimpse of aliens at the nearby Area 51 site, will be hard-pressed to miss the Mt. Irish Petroglyph Site, a 640-acre plot containing art and carvings left by the prehistoric Native Americans.
The petroglyphs, most of which are of the Great Basin Representational style dating from around 1,000 to 1,500 A.D., depict animals still living in the region like bighorn sheep and deer.
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