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A BIGHORN SHEEP TRAP PETROGLYPH NEAR MOAB:
Sheep trap petroglyph near Moab, UT. Photo Dell Crandall.This first illustration is a petroglyph that was provided by Dell Crandall in Moab, UT., it apparently shows a bighorn sheep trap. This might be...
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TOOL USE IN ROCK ART - PROTRACTORS:
One can often deduce a considerable amount from the actual details and form of rock art. In the case of petroglyphs it comes as a surprise to no-one that examining the grooves can suggest whether they...
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INCORPORATION IN ROCK ART:
Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) petroglyph on rhinocerosrubbed rock face. Fig. 17.8, Heyd and Clegg, 2005, p. 267,Free State, South Africa.The term “incorporation” in rock art generally refers to...
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NEANDERTAL ROCK ART:
Panel of hands at El Castillo, Spain. LiveScience.com.On April 21, 2012, in a posting entitled “Neandertal Use of Red Ochre Pigment,” I speculated that Neandertal rock art would be identified...
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THE HAIRY MAN PICTOGRAPHS – PART I:
Strain, Kathy Moskowitz, 2012, Mayak Datat: The Hairy ManPictographs,published in The Relict Hominoid Inquiry, 1:1-12,(2012), Idaho State University, edited by Jeff Meldrum.Drawing of Hairy Man, from...
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THE HAIRY MAN PICTOGRAPHS – PART II:
Hairy Family panel, Tule River Reservation, California. From: Strain, Kathy Moskowitz, 2012, Mayak Datat: The HairyMan Pictographs, published in The Relict Hominoid Inquiry,1:1-12, Idaho State...
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NATIVE AMERICAN ASTRONOMY – THE CONSTELLATION GONAKADET/WASGO:
Gonakadet, Sproat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada.Photo: Peter Faris, 1995.Northwest Coast tribes reportedly identified a constellation which was identified with the Sea Wolf, known as Gonakadet...
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BUFFALO SOLDIERS IN A ROCK ART PANEL IN UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH:
Possible buffalo soldiers with a Ute or Comanchehorse, near Vernal, Uintah County, Utah.Photo: Peter Faris, September 1989.I photographed the panel illustrated in September, 1989, on a private ranch...
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MICHI-PESHU AT AGAWA ROCK, LAKE SUPERIOR PROVINCIAL PARK, ONTARIO, CANADA:
Michi-Peshu, a canoe full of paddlers, and two giant underwaterserpents. Agawa Rock, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Michi-Peshu, the underwater panther, has primacy among...
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HALLEY'S COMET AND THE ORIGIN OF THE STAR KACHINA:
The period around ca. AD 1300 was a time of upheaval in the Rio Grande valley area with the migration of Anasazi in from the four-corners area to the northwest, which was being abandoned due to...
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A PROCESSIONAL CROSS IN GALISTEO BASIN ROCK ART?
I recently received this picture and comments from Richard Coleman concerning New Mexico rock art in the Galisteo Basin south of Santa Fe. Hispanic rock art image. Galisteo Basin, New Mexico.Photo:...
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TSAGAGLALAL - CASTORIDES (THE GIANT BEAVER) IN ROCK ART:
Castoroides ohioensis, the Pleistocene giant beaver,compared to a modern beaver (Castor castor). Many experts believe that a people’s mythology and legends begin as tales of actual events...
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CHIPPED ROCK EDGES AT A WASHINGTON VISION QUEST SITE:
Tsagaglalal, Horsethief Lake State Park, Washington.Photo: Peter Faris, July 2000.In the summer of 2000 I had the good luck and great privilege to be guided around Horsethief Lake State Park, in...
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A POEM BY N. SCOTT MOMADAY:
Although rock art is not often thought of as a subject for poetry and creative literature, there is no reason that the subject we love should not also inspire creative efforts in literature. In my own...
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SHIELD IMAGES IN ROCK ART:
Pictograph Panel, Westwater creek, Utah. Photo: Peter Faris, 2001. We all are aware that according to Native American testimony the imagery on a shield is thought to confer spiritual protection on the...
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LOS PANTALONES:
Los Pantalones as seen on the cliff. SoutheasternColorado. Photo: Peter Faris, 1998.Every once in a while we run across an image in rock art that we just cannot imagine an explanation for. In my case...
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NATIVE AMERICAN AND HISPANIC CROSS SYMBOLS:
Crosses, Freezeout Canyon, Baca County,CO, Photo: Peter Faris, 1996.The cross is a very common symbol in the rock art of the American Southwest. When it is just a simple set of crossed lines, one...
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ECHOES AT ROCK ART SITES - REVISITED:
Grand Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, UT.Photo: Peter Faris, 28 May 1992.In the November 2012 issue of Discover magazine (p. 28-29) there is an article that revisits the subject of echoes at rock art sites....
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EAGLE/STAR/RATTLESNAKE:
We rock art enthusiasts are generally very excited by an image that combines traits, and perhaps meanings. It illustrates the change of belief patterns wherein one or more separate ideas are melding...
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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT:
Photo: Paul and Joy Foster, Green River, UT.Once in a while we come across an image that just makes us stop and stare. This photo is from a panel along the Green River in Utah and was taken by Paul and...
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