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Noble: "Much Archaic-period Southwestern rock art consists of abstract markings. These petroglyphs appear on a horizontal rock surface that was buried until uncovered by archaeologists. Dateable pieces of charcoal found in the overlying layers of soil allowed archaeologists to determine the art's early date."

Noble: "This cliff dwelling in southeastern Utah has been so well sheltered and little visited over the centuries that its mud-and-stone walls, doorways, wood ceilings, and even paintings on plaster remain in fine condition. Cedar Mesa, which is transected by a series of canyons draining into the San Juan River, was a major area of habitation by Native Americans in the prehistoric period. It was depopulated in the late thirteenth century."

Noble: "Antelope House is an ancestral Pueblo village site located on the bank of Chinle Wash in northeastern Arizona and dating from about 1100 to 1300. Archaeological excavations in the 1920s and 1970s revealed that this once was a multistory pueblo with a resident population of between fifty and ninety people. Part of a Navajo farmer's field can be seen in the lower right portion of the photograph."