This is a small petroglyph site near the Massacre Peak of the Sierra de las Uvas,very close to the Dona Ana-Luna county line. There are actually 2 groupings( that I know about) about a mile apart.There is another site about 5 miles to northwest at some natural cisterns that I found by accident while hiking to the back entrance of Pine Canyon. I was looking for pinon trees not rock art. I did find one of what must be the very few pines left in the Sierra de las Uvas.At Apache Flat there is one quite stunning geometric design plus the usual assortment of Mogollon abstracts,animals and occasional humanoids.Naturalistic images of a horses,men and few crucifixes were probably left by Apaches and or colonial era Spaniards.Then there is the modern,but still probably quite old graffiti pecked into the rock near and on some of the petroglyphs which is good for laugh. Happy wandering.
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