Jim Benton Collection
Rock Art Images, California and the Far West

Acc. 1998, Donated by: D. Vuncannon Compiled by John C. Bretney, UCLA Rock Art Archive
 
   

Collection Contents: 4 vols. 35 mm color slides dealing with major California and Western US rock art sites. Drawn from the original 11 books or folders on the archaeology of the Mojave Desert, CA and the western U.S. presented to the Archive.

  • Vol. 1 includes major (5 or more slides) CA sites: Aiken Wash, Black Canyon, Black Mesa, Blythe, Cima Cones, Clark Mountain, Coso Range, Corn Spring, Cow Cove.
  • Vol. II includes major CA sites: Greenwater Valley, Halfway, Halloran Summit, Henry Spring, Horse & Rider, Ibex Pass, Indian Springs, Ivanpah Dry Lake, Joshua Tree, Kelbaker, Lanfair, Little Lake, Lunch Break, Mesquite Pass, Pachulka Springs.
  • Vol. III includes major CA sites: Salt Creek/Salt Spring, Shoshone Big Spring, Silver Lake, Snake Spring, Soda Mountains, Squaw Tit, Troy Lake, Valjean Hill, Zzyzx and major western sites: Arches National Monument, UT Aztec National Monument, Cane Creek, UT, Canyon de Chelly, AZ, Crack in Rock Wapotki, NM, The Dalles/Dalles Dam, OR.
  • Vol. IV includes major western sites: Dry Gulch, Vernal UT, Gatecliff, Belmont, NV, Grimes Point, Fallon, NV, Parawan Gap, UT, Potach, UT, Quail Spring, UT, Reserve, AZ, Silver Lake, NV, Three River Petroglyphs, NM, Wishram, WA; Minor western sites: Pakoon, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Dinosaur National Monument, CO, McCullough, NV., Lincoln County, NM, Meteor Crater, AZ, Socorro, NM, Valdem Valley, Tecopa, AZ; minor sites (all CA unless otherwise noted: Section 16, Copper King Mine, 99 B&C, Blue Buzzard Pass, Cottonwood Grove, Grapevine Canyon, NV, SBr 5296, SBr 5297, Hickison Pass, NV, Shadow Valley, Death Valley National Monument, Manix Basin, Fort Cody, Trampas Wash, 5 Mule Trail, Granite Springs, Amargosa River, Dumont, Drop Off, Cowhole Mountains, Turquoise Mts., Camp Rock Wash Mike Martin Site, SBr 5400, Fossil Falls, Mojave River, Red Lake Pass, Hemet Maze, Salt Springs Hills, Sawtooth Divide, Calico, Avawatz Mts., SBCM 855B, Willow Wash, Newspaper Rock, AZ, Lindeman Mine, Halfway House, Unknown. Other locations and scenic are found inn Vol. IV.