Stones and subdivisionsPetroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque petroglyphs sketch by Chandler O'Leary

The very same day the Tailor and I breezed by a sign painter’s version of a petroglyph, we also got to see the real thing, up close.

Of course, they were beautiful and fascinating—but what really got me was the fact that the remnants of an ancient pueblo civilization were perched above a modern suburban neighborhood…

Albuquerque petroglyphs sketch by Chandler O'Leary

…and that the suburban neighborhood was designed to resemble an ancient pueblo civilization.

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