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He based the name off the petroglyphs and pictographs depicted on the base of the bridge, believing that the carved figures represented Kachina dancers. [4] [5] In July 1992, Approximately 4,000 tons of sandstone fell from the inside of the Kachina bridge, enlarging the opening considerably. [6] Prehistoric structures and pictographs at Kachina ...
Horsecollar Ruin Owachomo Bridge Owachomo Bridge at night Kachina Bridge. Natural Bridges National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of the Four Corners boundary of southeast Utah, in the western United States, at the junction of White Canyon and Armstrong Canyon, part of the Colorado River drainage.
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Kachina Peaks Wilderness is a 18,616-acre (75 km 2) wilderness area about 6 miles (10 km) north of Flagstaff within the Coconino National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona. [ 1 ] The wilderness encompasses most of the upper reaches of the San Francisco Peaks including Humphreys Peak , Arizona's highest point at 12,643 feet (3,854 m).
European petroglyphs: Laxe dos carballos in Campo Lameiro, Galicia, Spain (4th–2nd millennium BCE), depicting cup and ring marks and deer hunting scenes Petroglyph of a camel; Negev, southern Israel. Petroglyphs of the archaeological site of Las Labradas, situated on the coast of the municipality of San Ignacio (Mexican state of Sinaloa)
Erigeron kachinensis was discovered and described in 1968 in Utah, near Kachina Natural Bridge in Natural Bridges National Monument. It was discovered in the Dolores River Canyon in Colorado in 1977. It grows in hanging gardens and seeps in the cracks of rock faces. [4] The rock is Cedar Mesa Sandstone. [5]
The Konkan geoglyphs, sometimes called Konkan Petroglyphs, are a form of prehistoric rock art found along the Konkan coast of India, particularly in Maharashtra and Goa. [1] They consist of carvings on laterite plateaus ( saḍā ) and are believed to date back 12,000 years [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The rock drawings in Valcamonica (Camonica Valley) are located in the Province of Brescia, Italy, and constitute the largest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs in the world. [1] The collection was recognized by UNESCO in 1979 and was Italy's first recognized World Heritage Site.