WEST—Western Regional Director Linsie Lafayette visited the Conservancy’s Mojave Desert Archaeological Preserve last November to check on site conditions and document visible cultural resources across this desert landscape. She identified 16 petroglyphs and several grinding slicks on boulders eroding out of a granite outcrop, and given the number of exposed surfaces and ongoing erosion, believes additional rock art and associated features are likely present.
The preserve also represents a later chapter of the region’s history: remnants of an early 20th-century homestead. Substantial stone walls remain on site, along with habitation debris such as rusted cans and broken bottle fragments.
Pictured: Western Regional Director Linsie Lafayette identified 16 petroglyphs and several grinding slicks at Mojave Desert Archaeological Preserve. Photo courtesy of Linsie Lafayette.
