Petroglyphs
More than 1000 petroglyphs and some pictographs are known in the canyon. Some of the rock art in this area may be 7500 years old.
One way the Army "protects" Petroglyphs...to chop them out of the rock:
Petroglyphs next to an early corral
The Army presently has "protective fencing" on 106 National Register properties on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, but the following register of NATIONAL historic places lists 2,614.1 acres that need to be protected from mortars, rockets, tank shells, bombs, and small arms fire:
| NATIONAL
REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DISTRICT |
AGE | SIZE (ACRES) | SITES | STRUCTURES |
| PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE | ||||||
| Aboriginal | Prehistoric | 1,694.1 | 378 | |||
| Rock Art | Prehistoric | 130.9 | 60 | |||
| Euroamerican | Historic | 693.1 | 233 | |||
| Adam and Bessie Arnett Homestead | 19th century | 47.7 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Samual Taylor Browns Sheep Ranch | 19th century | 11.3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| John Sanders Cross Homestead | 19th century | 7.7 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Asa T. Haines Homestead | 19th century | 13.1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mary Doyle Claim | 20th century | 14.7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Moses B. Stevens Homestead | 20th century | 4.5 | 1 | 6 |
Over
700 Fort Carson/PCMS archeological sites are eligible for the National Register
of Historic Places.
To date,
Fort Carson has recorded 3,106 cultural resource sites
on the PCMS. Of these, Fort Carson and the Colorado State Historic Preservation
Office have determined that 684 sites are eligible for
the National Register of Historic Places. The oldest site is an Early
Archaic campsite dating back to approximately 7,500
years ago. The oldest structures date back to the Hispanic occupation
of southern Colorado in the mid-19th century Apishapa villages
dating back to the 11th-13th century,
occupied by Native Americans who were contemporary with the Anasazi cliff
dwellers at Mesa Verde, were recorded in 1996.
Nine National Register Districts include 677 eligible sites and seven sites are eligible for nomination to the National Register on their own merit.
Map of some archeological sites listed for protection n the expansion areas:
Map of "fenced" National Register Sites in Area 10, and eligible properties (Yellow):
Map of National Register Sites on Area 7 (Yellow):
