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The Western Archaic tradition is an earlier style attributed to a hunting and gathering culture that lived in this region between approximately 7500 BC. to about AD 1. See if you can identify Archaic designs on the rocks. They include geometric and abstract elements such as grids, circle chains, concentric rings, circle clusters, circles, zigzag, and parallel and wavy lines. These designs were made by artists who used stone tools to peck images into the rock surface. / ecent scientific studies by archaeologists comparing petroglyph sites in this region have attempted to define style variations that can be attributed to different time periods and indigenous groups. Studies based on datable evidence and pottery styles suggest that the petroglyphs here represent both the Western Archaic tradition and the Gila Style. The Gila Style is a later tradition attributed to the group of farmers that archaeologists call the Hohokam. They lived in central and southern Arizona between about 300 BC and AD 1450. It may be easier to identify this style since it typically includes designs of animals, insects, human shapes, plants, circles, and zigzags. How many can you count? ixiulnqiiinioipl'v', .- nu-4,; L IL-upic At 1min