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Dr. Carolyn Boyd answers questions about rock art near White Shaman Shelter.
Dr. Carolyn Boyd answers questions about rock art near White Shaman Shelter.
 
In White Shaman Shelter, Dr. Boyd discusses her interpretations of the rock art.
In White Shaman Shelter,
Dr. Boyd discusses her interpretations of the rock art.
 
A detail of the White Shaman pictograph in the Shelter of the same name.
A detail of the White Shaman pictograph in the Shelter of the same name.
 
Participants hike through Presa Canyon, approaching Black Cave.
Participants hike through Presa Canyon, approaching Black Cave.
 
Dr. Boyd points out details of the rock art inside Black Cave.
Dr. Boyd points out details of the rock art inside Black Cave.
 
Detail of some of the rock art in Black Cave.
Detail of some of the rock art in Black Cave.
 
Another detail of pictographs in Black Cave.
Another detail of pictographs in Black Cave.
 
Elton Prewitt and Dr. David Whitley enjoy the shade in Black Cave.
Elton Prewitt and Dr. David Whitley enjoy the shade in Black Cave.
 
Studying faint pictographs in an alcove just downstream from Black Cave.
Studying faint pictographs in an alcove just downstream from Black Cave.
 
Vaquero Alcove in Presa Canyon is well known for its historic pictographs.
Vaquero Alcove in Presa Canyon is well known for its historic pictographs.
 
Dr. David Whitley taking a detailed photo of some of the rock art in Vaquero Alcove.
Dr. David Whitley taking a detailed photo of some of the rock art in Vaquero Alcove.
 
A detail of one element in Vaquero Alcove.
A detail of one element in Vaquero Alcove.
 
Dr. Whitley discusses some of his rock art research with interested staff and participants.
Dr. Whitley discusses some of his rock art research with interested staff and participants.
 
Dr. Boyd presents her after-dinner lecture.
Dr. Boyd presents her after-dinner lecture.
 
The second day is over, and the camp rests.
The program's second day is over, and the camp rests.
 

Pecos Experience: The Art and Archeology of the Lower Pecos
October 2–7, 2005


Day 2: Monday, October 3, 2005
9:00 a.m.–
1:00 p.m.

Travel to the nearby Rock Art Foundation's Galloway Preserve to visit the famous White Shaman rock art site.  Tour led by Dr. Carolyn Boyd and Dr. David Whitley.

 

2:00–4:00 p.m.

Visit Vaquero Shelter to see historic period rock art followed by the rarely accessed and intriguing Pecos River Style rock art at Black Cave in Presa Canyon.

 

5:30 p.m.

Dinner.

 

Sunset Slide presentation and lecture by
Dr. Carolyn Boyd, Drawing From the Past: Interpreting the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos.
 
 

 

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