At the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, just west of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains. The origin and significance of these handprints is, so far as I can determine, unknown, but they were almost certainly made by the Southern Paiute people who have lived in the area since A.D. 900 or so.

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   neil 2008 12 08 at 6:57:09 pm

   If you’ll tolerate a little shameful self-promotion I’ve got some Southern Paiute rock-art photos and circumlocutory prose here:

   http://microecos.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/times-spiral-in-arrow-canyon/

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   Chris Clarke 2008 12 08 at 7:10:40 pm

   Neil, we’re all about the circumlocutory prose, and it’s pretty much self-promotion-and-rock-art central here, too.

   Great post, by the way. Onto the blogroll you go.