These Butler Wash Petroglyphs along the San Juan river are excellent examples of Indian petroglyphs. The large, square-shouldered figures are believed to be Kachinas, or gods, who are given rank by the stripes over their heads and may be seen to be giving speeches by the sound waves marked beside their heads.

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