Resources
Rock Art at the Painted Rocks
There are three general phases of rock art at Paint Rock. The oldest is Pecos River Style, which theoretically spans an unlikely 5,000 years.
December 29, 2025
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Kim Cox
Winter Solstice Timeline of Solar Interactions
Shows each painting’s approx. location between fence on west end of site and gravel turnaround on east end.
December 26, 2025
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Josh Alkire
A Brief History of Paint Rock
An 1885 U.S.G.S. map of the lower Concho River locates a road crossing the river just upstream from the archaeological site. The hard bottom crossing has probably been there for millennia.
December 29, 2025
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Kim Cox
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