The Tutuveni Petroglyph site boasts more than 5,000 Hopi clan symbols that were inscribed during the ceremonial pilgrimage to Ongtupqa, or the Grand Canyon, which is for many Hopi the point of their people’s emergence into the world. At this stopping point of the pilgrimage, Hopi carved symbols that relate to known historic and extinct Hopi tribal groups. The glyphs date from 1200 A.D. (...)
The Tutuveni Petroglyph site boasts more than 5,000 Hopi clan symbols that were inscribed during the ceremonial pilgrimage to Ongtupqa, or the Grand Canyon, which is for many Hopi the point of their people’s emergence into the world. At this stopping point of the pilgrimage, Hopi carved symbols that relate to known historic and extinct Hopi tribal groups. The glyphs date from 1200 A.D. to the 1950s and cover large sandstone blocks and boulders. The site contains over 150 boulders spread over an area of approximately 6,000 square meters along the slope at the base of the Echo Cliffs. The majority of the glyphs are found on eight boulders, and one stone known as boulder 48 contains 60% of the total symbols at the site. It is a ritual for Hopi youths to visit the site and its petroglyphs as part of their education about their ancestors, tribal traditions, and the history of the Hopi nation. The glyphs also play an important role in the modern scholarship of Hopi language, iconography, and history.
