| Table 4: The counts of petroglyph faces and elements from thirteen archaeological sites in the Owyhee Uplands. |
| Smithsonian Number |
Number of Faces |
Number of Elements |
Elements per face |
| 35ML153 |
10 |
70 |
7 |
| 35ML605 |
5 |
20 |
4 |
| 35ML688 |
59 |
222 |
3.76 |
| 35ML850 |
21 |
125 |
5.95 |
| 35ML1044 |
79 |
293 |
3.71 |
| 35ML1045 |
163 |
584 |
3.58 |
| 35ML1046 |
21 |
50 |
2.38 |
| 35ML1050 |
50 |
153 |
3.06 |
| 35ML1051 |
57 |
263 |
4.61 |
| 35ML1052 |
33 |
107 |
3.24 |
| 35ML1053 |
11 |
42 |
3.82 |
| 35ML1054 |
6 |
17 |
2.83 |
| 35ML1057 |
7 |
22 |
3.14 |
| Table 5: Counts and Frequencies of features, a comparison between archaeological sites and petroglyph sites in the Owyhee uplands. |
|
Archaeological sites (n = 511) |
Petroglyph sites (n = 25) |
| Feature |
Count |
Frequency |
Count |
Frequency |
| Lithic Scatter |
481 |
94.1% |
16 |
64% |
| Ground stone |
78 |
15.3% |
3 |
12% |
| Rock shelter |
44 |
8.6% |
3 |
12% |
| Petroglyphs |
25 |
4.9% |
25 |
100% |
| Rock features |
24 |
4.7% |
9 |
36% |
| Pottery |
3 |
.6% |
0 |
0% |
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