Analyzing Rock Art of the Mojave DesertThe Mojave Desert was settled long before the white man stepped foot on its soil in the 1800's in search of riches. The earliest inhabitants left their mark on this vast landscape in the form of pictographs and petroglyphs (painted and carved designs on stones). To some these writings are a form of ancient graffiti, but to the descendants of those that created these pieces of art they hold a spiritual meaning. Travel from the Alabama Hills in Lone